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The ə and vowel lengthening in St. Lawrence Island Eskimo*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2009

Jang H. Koo
Jang H. Koo
Affiliation:
(University of Alaska)
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One peculiarity of St. Lawrence Island (SLI henceforth) Eskimo is the vowel lengthening which is triggered by the [ə] (or [ɨ]).Such vowel lengthening only takes place in the first syllable and under certain phonological conditions. The vowel thus lengthened assumes the full length of a long vowel, distinct from a short vowel and a ‘fake’ long vowel.

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , June 1975 , pp. 26 - 28
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Copyright © Journal of the International Phonetic Association 1975

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References

Koo, Jang H., and Badten, Linda (1974). ‘Acoustic measurements of “fake” vowel length and degrees of vowel length in St. Lawrence Island Eskimo’, Phonetica 32.4.Google Scholar
Koo, Jang H. (1975). ‘Yupik Eskimo: a two-height vowel system’, Language Science, 35.Google Scholar
Krauss, Michael E. (Unpublished.) ‘St. Lawrence Island Eskimo phonology and orthography’.Google Scholar