Similar Place Avoidance in Slavic and Other Languages.
The article focuses on the Similar Place Avoidance (SPA) principle, a phonotactic constraint that disfavors the co-occurrence of consonants sharing the same place of articulation within CVC (consonant–vowel–consonant) sequences across languages. Analyzing lexical data from 100 languages—including 18...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Slavic Linguistics Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 175 - 233 |
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Indiana University, Slavic Department
Summer/Fall2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=192309511&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 192309511 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10682090 GAD jtl: Journal of Slavic Linguistics issn: 10682090 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Summer/Fall2024 vid: 32 iid: 2 pid: 12260 pub: Indiana University, Slavic Department artinfo: ui: 192309511 10.1353/jsl.2024.a978717 ppf: 175 ppct: 58 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1MB tig: atl: Similar Place Avoidance in Slavic and Other Languages. aug: au: Bičan, Aleš affil: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Studies Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic and Czech Language Institute Czech Academy of Sciences Brno, Czech Republic su: Phonotactics Constraints (Linguistics) Slavic languages Phonetics Consonants sug: subj: Phonotactics Constraints (Linguistics) Slavic languages Phonetics Consonants keyword: coronal labial-coronal effect Obligatory Contour Principle palatal phonotactics sibilant sonorant ab: The article focuses on the Similar Place Avoidance (SPA) principle, a phonotactic constraint that disfavors the co-occurrence of consonants sharing the same place of articulation within CVC (consonant–vowel–consonant) sequences across languages. Analyzing lexical data from 100 languages—including 18 Slavic, 44 non-Slavic Indo-European (IE), and 38 non-IE languages—the study confirms that labial and dorsal homorganic sequences are widely and strongly avoided, while dental (coronal) sequences show weaker avoidance, and palatal sequences are avoided less consistently, especially in Slavic languages. The research highlights that the class of coronals should be subdivided into dento-alveolars and post-alveolar/palatal consonants, with sonorancy (obstruent vs. sonorant) playing a significant role in dental avoidance but not affecting palatals similarly. Additionally, a distinct sibilancy avoidance effect is identified, influencing the distribution of sibilant consonants. The study also discusses favored cross-linguistic patterns, such as the labial-dental (labial-coronal) effect, and notes that SPA violations often occur in sound-symbolic, expressive, or morphologically complex words. Overall, the findings suggest that SPA is a robust but complex phenomenon shaped by place of articulation, sonorancy, and language-specific phonological inventories. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Slavic Linguistics is the property of Indiana University, Slavic Department and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Slavic Linguistics holder: Indiana University, Slavic Department dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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