
Abstract
We examine some acoustic properties of ejective stops in Waima’a (an Austronesian language spoken in East Timor), and compare them with other voiceless stop types that occur in the language. Previous studies of ejectives in other languages have suggested that they may fall into two classes, strong and weak. We compare our Waima’a results with some existing findings in the literature, and suggest that while Waima’a ejectives might appear to be more appropriately characterized as strong on some criteria, they do not sit squarely in either category.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Other) |
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Faculties: | Languages and Literatures > Department 2 > Speech Science |
Subjects: | 400 Language > 400 Language |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-14224-9 |
Place of Publication: | Lissabon |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 14224 |
Date Deposited: | 14. Nov 2012, 13:06 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 12:54 |