Towards a phonological typology of the Kalahari Basin Area languages

IF 1.7 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Linguistic Typology Pub Date : 2023-05-12 DOI:10.1515/lingty-2022-0047

Hirosi Nakagawa, Alena Witzlack-Makarevich, Daniel Auer, Anne-Maria Fehn, Linda Ammann Gerlach, Tom Güldemann, Sylvanus Job, Florian Lionnet, Christfried Naumann, Hitomi Ono, Lee J. Pratchett

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Abstract

This article reports some results of the first large-scale, comprehensive survey of the phonological systems of the Khoisan languages of the Kalahari Basin Area. These languages are famous for their large sets of click phonemes, a typologically rare characteristic otherwise found only in a limited number of languages worldwide. They are also unique because the click phonemes carry a high functional load in terms of phonemic and lexical distinctions in the respective systems. Finally, these languages have strikingly similar and highly skewed root phonotactics. The article provides empirical support for a range of claims and speculations that have been made about these typologically rare systems of the Kalahari Basin Area.

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卡拉哈里盆地地区语言的音系类型学研究

本文报告了对卡拉哈里盆地地区科伊桑语语音系统的第一次大规模全面调查的一些结果。这些语言以其大量的点击音素而闻名，这是一种罕见的类型学特征，否则只在世界范围内的少数语言中发现。它们也是独一无二的，因为点击音素在各自的系统中具有很高的音位和词汇差异的功能负荷。最后，这些语言有着惊人的相似和高度倾斜的词根语音策略。本文为一系列关于卡拉哈里盆地地区这些类型学上罕见的系统的主张和推测提供了实证支持。

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期刊介绍： Linguistic Typology provides a forum for all work of relevance to the study of language typology and cross-linguistic variation. It welcomes work taking a typological perspective on all domains of the structure of spoken and signed languages, including historical change, language processing, and sociolinguistics. Diverse descriptive and theoretical frameworks are welcomed so long as they have a clear bearing on the study of cross-linguistic variation. We welcome cross-disciplinary approaches to the study of linguistic diversity, as well as work dealing with just one or a few languages, as long as it is typologically informed and typologically and theoretically relevant, and contains new empirical evidence.