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The phonetic status of the (inter)dental approximant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2010

Kenneth S. Olson ,
Jeff Mielke ,
Josephine Sanicas-Daguman ,
Carol Jean Pebley  and
Hugh J. Paterson III
Kenneth S. Olson
Affiliation:
SIL International & University of North Dakota Ken_Olson@sil.org
Jeff Mielke
Affiliation:
University of Ottawa jmielke@uottawa.ca
Josephine Sanicas-Daguman
Affiliation:
Translators Association of the Philippines Josephine_Daguman@sil.org
Carol Jean Pebley
Affiliation:
SIL International Carol_Pebley@sil.org
Hugh J. Paterson III
Affiliation:
SIL International & University of North Dakota Hugh_Paterson@sil.org
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Abstract

The (inter)dental approximant is a little-studied speech sound in the Philippines and Western Australia. In this paper, we document the articulation of the sound, providing acoustic and video data from Kagayanen and Limos Kalinga, respectively. The sound is attested in at least fifteen languages. It is contrastive in five Western Australian languages, while in the Philippines it generally patterns as an allophone of /l/ but has emerged recently as a separate phoneme due to contact. It arose independently in the two regions. The sound is easily describable in terms of values of phonological features or phonetic parameters. All of these factors argue for the inclusion of the sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , August 2010 , pp. 199 - 215
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Copyright © International Phonetic Association 2010

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