The sound change of oralization in Mewahang

IF 0.3 3区社会学 0 ASIAN STUDIES

BULLETIN OF THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES-UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI:10.1017/S0041977X22000830

Pascal Gerber

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Abstract

Abstract This paper discusses the sound change of oralization in the Mewahang language (Eastern Kiranti, Trans-Himalayan/Sino-Tibetan) spoken in eastern Nepal. The sound change of oralization turned syllable-final nasals into homorganic oral stops when followed by voiceless obstruents. This sound change constitutes a diagnostic innovation of Mewahang with regard to its closest relatives Lohorung and Yamphu. In this paper, the process of oralization in both compounding as well as derivational and inflectional morphology is described and illustrated with primary data collected in fieldwork. The explanatory potential of the sound change for synchronic peculiarities in the verbal morphology and morphophonology is discussed, and an overview of exceptions to the sound change is provided.

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Mewahang口语化的声音变化

摘要本文讨论了尼泊尔东部地区的Mewahang语（东柯兰蒂语、跨喜马拉雅语/汉藏语）口语化的音变。口语化的声音变化将音节末鼻音变成了无组织的口塞，然后是无声的障碍音。这种声音的变化构成了Mewahang对其近亲Lohorung和Yamphu的诊断创新。本文通过实地收集的原始数据，描述和说明了复合形态、派生形态和屈折形态中的口语化过程。讨论了声音变化对语言形态和形态音韵学共时特征的解释潜力，并概述了声音变化的例外情况。

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