Abstract
This paper presents a first acoustic analysis of the stops and affricates of the mixed language Light Warlpiri (Australia). The results suggest that the Light Warlpiri phonological inventory consists of a voiced and voiceless series of stops and affricates, differentiated by Voice Onset Time (VOT) wordinitially and by Constriction Duration (CD) medially, by incorporating English-like VOT differentiation and Constriction duration differences found in Kriol and also in a number of traditional Indigenous Australian languages. Word-initially, stops from Warlpiri words pattern with English/Kriol voiced stops; medially with the long stops in Kriol, /c/ being the exception in patterning with short /ʤ/, rather than the voiceless /ʧ/. This inventory allows speakers of Light Warlpiri to maintain sufficient phonemic contrasts to accommodate vocabulary items in Light Warlpiri sourced from English/Kriol as well as Warlpiri, the Indigenous Australian language that they also speak.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences |
| Editors | S. Calhoun, P. Escudero, M. Tabain, & P. Warren |
| Place of Publication | Melbourne |
| Publisher | Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc. |
| Pages | 1283-1287 |
| Edition | Peer Reviewed |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-646-80069-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| Event | 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, ICPhS 2019 - Melbourne, Australia, Australia Duration: 1 Jan 2019 → … https://www.icphs2019.org/ |
Conference
| Conference | 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, ICPhS 2019 |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| Period | 1/01/19 → … |
| Other | Aug 5-9 2019 |
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