STUDY OF THE GLOTTALIZATION AND ASPIRATION PHENOMENA IN THREE TUCANOAN LANGUAGES OF THE VAUPÉS BORDER REGION BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND BRAZIL: TUCANO, MACUNA AND TUYUCA.

• Grant number: 11/15926-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Linguistic Theory and Analysis
• Principal Investigator: Luciana Raccanello Storto
• Grantee: Nelsy Lorena Orjuela Salinas
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to establish the phonological status of glottalization phenomena (glottal stops, vowel laringalization, glottal approximants, voiceless vowels, etc.) and aspiration (pre-aspirated and post-aspirated consonants) on languages Macuna, Tucano and Tuyuca, in the light of the theoretical framework proposed by the laboratory phonology presented by Pierrehumbert, Beckman, and Ladd (2000). We expect to validate, for the examined languages, the hypothesis of Stenzel for a Tucano language, Wanano (2007), in which the glottalization is considered as a suprasegmental feature (but interacting with the nasality and tone features). We will also study the presence of aspiration in these three languages. Results of this research will allow for an overview of the future realization of a comparative (genetic and areal) and typological analysis.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SALINAS, Nelsy Lorena Orjuela. Glottalization/laringalization phenomena in three Eastern Tucano languages, Colombia-Brazil border: Tuyuca, Tucano and Macuna. 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.