Epenthetic glides in Taqbaylit

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/jalalit.v2i2.8019

Abstract

This paper aims to offer an extra-phonological analysis for a purely phoneticphonological phenomenon: epenthetic glides in Taqbaylit. In this language, both epenthetic glides [j] and [w] may appear in specific contexts and are usually considered a hiatus-repairing strategy. We will discuss the different contexts where all types of glides appear and focus on the glides that are not lexically motivated. More precisely, we will discuss the epenthetic glides that surface at the junction between a noun/verb and their clitics. We aim at explaining and formalizing the distribution of epenthetic glides, whose motivation goes beyond phonology.
KEY WORDS: Taqbaylit, epenthesis, glide, boundary, morpheme

Author Biographies

Amazigh Bedar, CNRS / University of Nantes

Amazigh Bedar is a PhD student in linguistics at the University of Nantes, France (Laboratoire de Linguistique de Nantes LLING UMR 6310, CNRS/Université de Nantes). His dissertation is dedicated to the morpho-phonology of reflexive verbs in Taqbaylit. His research interests are generally related to autosegmental phonology, morphology, and argument structure.

Lucie Quellec, CNRS / University of Nantes

Lucie Quellec is a PhD student at the LLING (UMR 6310) CNRS/Université de Nantes. She works on the phonological representation of liquids, obstruent+liquid clusters, and glides in French, Portuguese, and Kabyle. Her work focuses on the structure and the content of liquids and glides (in unary and binary frameworks) and the phenomena that affect liquids. Her work is both theoretical and experimental, as she is also interested in neurolinɡuistics. In her dissertation, she explores the behavior of glides in three target languages with consideration for the speakers' cerebral manifestations (EEG). 

Laurence Voeltzel, CNRS / University of Nantes

Laurence Voeltzel is an Associate Member of the LLING (UMR 6310) CNRS/Université de Nantes. Her work explores the representation of phonological segments and their interaction within the syllable structure. Her research interests focus on the formalization of phonemic systems and the mechanisms that affect them. She has published several papers and book chapters about the consonantal system of Scandinavian languages and French. She is generally interested in processes such as preaspiration, glide insertion, cluster reduction, and palatalization.

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Published

2021-05-29

Issue

No. 2 (2021): Journal of African Languages and Literatures

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Research articles