저자: 장우혁, 심상완

제목: 부정 접두사 in- 의 위치동화에 나타난 음성·음운론적 특성에 대한 언어 유형적 접근

Chang, Woohyeok and Sangwan Shim. 2021. A typological approach to the phonetic and phonological properties of place assimilation in a negative prefix in-. Studies in Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology 27.2. 293-320. In this paper, the presence and absence of place assimilation of the alveolar nasal in the negative prefix in- before stems which begin with a bilabial nasal <m> is discussed by comparing the prefix in Spanish with its occurrence in other languages (English, French, Italian, and Latin). In most languages, the nasal /n/ in the negative prefix in- undergoes place assimilation. However, it is interesting to note that this nasal sound in the Spanish negative prefix does not assimilate to a following bilabial nasal, so the geminate <mm> cannot be detected in Spanish. Phonetically, it has been revealed that the assimilated geminate nasal <mm>, which is produced after applying place assimilation to the nasal in the negative prefix, is not longer than a singleton <m>. Therefore, we can say that it is harder for listeners to perceive an ambisyllabic nasal [m] of the assimilated geminate in other languages than heterosyllabic nasals [n.m] in Spanish. For the phonological analysis, OT has been employed to categorize languages into two types (with or without place assimilation) by differentiating constraint rankings. (Dankook University, Professor; Dankook University, Professor)

Keywords: Spanish negative prefix, nasal place assimilation, ambisyllabicity, assimilated geminates, OT constraints 

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