LINGUIST List 22.526 Sun Jan 30 2011 Diss: Phonetics/Phonology: Miller: 'Grounding Ju|'hoansi ...' Editor for this issue: Mfon Udoinyang <mfonlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Amanda Miller , Grounding Ju|'hoansi Root Phonotactics: The phonetics of the guttural OCP and other acoustic modulations Message 1: Grounding Ju|'hoansi Root Phonotactics: The phonetics of the guttural OCP and other acoustic modulations Date: 29-Jan-2011 From: Amanda Miller <amillerling.osu.edu> Subject: Grounding Ju|'hoansi Root Phonotactics: The phonetics of the guttural OCP and other acoustic modulations E-mail this message to a friend Institution: Ohio State University Program: Department of Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2001 Author: Amanda L. Miller Dissertation Title: Grounding Ju|'hoansi Root Phonotactics: The phonetics of the guttural OCP and other acoustic modulations Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics                             Phonology Dissertation Director: Elizabeth Hume Marjorie K. M. Chan Keith Johnson Mary Esther Beckman Dissertation Abstract: This dissertation describes several strong phonotactic constraints that operate over the root in the Khoisan language Ju|'hoansi via patterns examined over a recorded database collected and re-transcribed for 6 speakers balanced for gender. Functional bases for the constraints described are suggested, calling on language specific strategies that are expected to assist listeners in parsing the root, as well as a universal perceptual constraint that requires sufficient contrast in paradigmatic relationships. The results of a single acoustic case study that provides more detailed grounding of the guttural OCP constraint in the voice quality cues associated with guttural consonants and vowels is also provided. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 30-Jan-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.