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  • Language Family: Cross River
  • Topic #1: Vowels
  • Topic #2: Phonology
Predicting Ibibio vowel distribu Predicting Ibibio vowel distribution

This paper examines vowel distribution in Ibibio and accounts for the distribution with a sonority-based analysis. High vowels in Ibibio have a restricted distribution, in that high vowels do not occur in non-initial syllables in Ibibio verbs, either in an underived environment (root words) or in a derived environment (epenthesis and reduplication). In a derived environment, high vowels in non-prominent positions become mid vowels. This distribution of high vowels challenges theories of positional licensing in Optimality Theory because these theories either preserve marked structures in prominent positions (positional faithfulness and positional markedness) or ban marked structure from non-prominent positions (positional markedness). The restriction on high vowels, thus, is problematic because it occurs in non-prominent positions. We propose that markedness constraints based on nucleus-sonority hierarchy and non-prominent syllable-sonority hierarchy are necessary in the grammar in order to explain the distribution of high vowels in Ibibio.
Cet article examine la distribution des voyelles de l’ibibio à partir d'une analyse fondée sur la notion de hiérarchie de sonorité. Les voyelles hautes de l’ibibio ont une distribution limitée, puisqu’elles n'apparaissent pas dans des syllabes non-initiales des verbes, que ce soit dans des environnements dérivés (épenthèse et réduplication) ou non-dérivés (mots-racine). En contexte dérivé, les voyelles hautes en position non-proéminente deviennent moyennes. Cette distribution des voyelles hautes constitue un défi aux théories du licenciement positionnel opérant dans le cadre de la Théorie de l’Optimalité, puisque ces dernières conservent les structures marquées en position proéminente (fidélité positionnelle) ou les bannissent en position non-proéminente (marque positionnelle). La restriction portant sur les voyelles hautes est ainsi problématique, puisqu’elle se produit en position non-proéminente. Nous affirmons qu’il est nécessaire d’ajouter à la grammaire des contraintes de marque fondées sur la hiérarchie de sonorité du noyau et la hiérarchie de sonorité des syllabes non-proéminentes, afin de rendre compte de la distribution des voyelles hautes de l’ibibio.

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Created 2015-Jan-28
Changed 2015-Jan-28
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Author Akinbiyi Akinlabi and Seunghun J. Lee
Created by Hasiyatu Abubakari
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