Quantity in Livonian: Preliminary Results
Quantity in Livonian: Preliminary Results
Author(s): Karl Pajusalu, Tuuli Tuisk, Ilse Lehiste, Pire TerasSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: Livonian; prosody; quantity; tone; contact
Summary/Abstract: The paper describes work done up to now with Livonian, the southernmost Finnic language. The study proceeds within the framework of the Finno-Ugric Prosody Project: a set of test sentences is recorded by a number of native speakers, an acoustic-phonetic analysis is carried through of the recordings, the measurements are subjected to statistical treatment, and the results are analyzed from the point of view of their role in the manifestation of Livonian prosodic structure. The paper deals primarily with the role of quantity and its phonetic manifestation. Foot isochrony is attested and an areal background of the results is discussed.
Journal: Linguistica Uralica
- Issue Year: XLIII/2007
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 29-44
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English