TY - CHAP
T1 - Vocalic Alternations in Istanbul Judeo-Spanish
T2 - A Pilot Study on Semi-Spontaneous Speech Data
AU - Gabriel, Christoph
AU - Grünke, Jonas
AU - Quintana, Aldina
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The vowel system of Bulgarian Judeo-Spanish shows strong influence from the local language in exhibiting raising of unstressed /o/ and /a/ to [u] and [ə], respectively. In Eastern varieties, this process also affects unstressed /e/, yielding [i]. The present contribution aims to answer the question as to whether comparable vocalic alternations also occur in the variety spoken Istanbul (Turkey). To that end, all instances of unstressed vowels were extracted from a small corpus of spontaneous speech, and their phonetic realizations were compared to the corresponding stressed vowels (by means of F1 and F2 measurements). Preliminary results show that alternations of unstressed vowels occur in Turkish Judeo-Spanish as well but cannot be explained by referring to regular raising patterns; they are rather triggered by transfer of vowel harmony from Turkish.
AB - The vowel system of Bulgarian Judeo-Spanish shows strong influence from the local language in exhibiting raising of unstressed /o/ and /a/ to [u] and [ə], respectively. In Eastern varieties, this process also affects unstressed /e/, yielding [i]. The present contribution aims to answer the question as to whether comparable vocalic alternations also occur in the variety spoken Istanbul (Turkey). To that end, all instances of unstressed vowels were extracted from a small corpus of spontaneous speech, and their phonetic realizations were compared to the corresponding stressed vowels (by means of F1 and F2 measurements). Preliminary results show that alternations of unstressed vowels occur in Turkish Judeo-Spanish as well but cannot be explained by referring to regular raising patterns; they are rather triggered by transfer of vowel harmony from Turkish.
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U2 - 10.1163/9789004685062_012
DO - 10.1163/9789004685062_012
M3 - فصل
SN - 9789004685024
T3 - Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture
SP - 256
EP - 281
BT - Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture
PB - Brill Academic Publishers
ER -