ASA 129th Meeting - Washington, DC - 1995 May 30 .. Jun 06

5pSC21. Acoustic correlates of Deg Xinag/Ingalik Athabaskan vowels.

Dept. of Linguistics, Univ. of Washington, GN-40, Seattle, WA 98195

There has been controversy [A. Jerue et al., Deg Xinag Dindlidik. ANLC: Fairbanks (1993)] over the classification of the vowel in the second person plural morpheme (2p) in Deg Xinag/Ingalik as either /o/ or /(inverted cap omega with diaresis)/. Acoustic measurements were undertaken towards resolving the issue. $F1,\; F2,\; F3,\; and\; duration\; were\; measured\; for\; each\; of\; the\; five\; vowels\; in\; the\; system,\; /a,e,o,(inverted\; cap\; omega\; with\; diaresis),(schwa)/.\; Contexts\; were\; limited\; to\; coronal\; and\; uvular.\; F1\; and\; F2\; means\; for\; data\; from\; two\; speakers\; indicate\; that\; 2p\; is\; more\; like\; /(inverted\; cap\; omega\; with\; diaresis)/\; than\; /o/.\; Vowel\; length\; data\; supports\; this\; claim.$