IF a vowel followed by a back velar nasal result in a nasal vowel, THEN a nasal vowel as the result of a vowel followed by a labial nasal already exists.
Keywords
nasalization, nasal, vowel, velar, bilabial
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
diachronic
Quality
statistical
Basis
survey of 600 Chinese dialects in Chen 1974; 8 North Italian dialects: Bolognese, Cairese, Imoloese, Lughese, Ravennate, Riminese, Milanese, Bergamese; Rhaeto-Romance (Taveschan dialect); Latin (Hajek 1997)
Lightner (1973) and Foley (1975, 1977) argue the exact opposite: nasal deletion (and the distinctive nasalization that normally results) spreads progressively in an ordered fashion from “weakest” (the velar nasal) to “strongest” (the bilabial nasal).
Connel & Hajek (1991), discussing the claim that there is a hierarchy governing the attrition of nasals according to place of articulation, argue that other factors may need to be taken account of, before a true universal tendency, if one exists, can be established. Among others are the relative durations of the consonants in question, their position within the word, and possibly the degre of nasality.
Connel & Hajek (1991), discussing the claim that there is a hierarchy governing the attrition of nasals according to place of articulation, argue that other factors may need to be taken account of, before a true universal tendency, if one exists, can be established. Among others are the relative durations of the consonants in question, their position within the word, and possibly the degre of nasality.