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Language Contact and Change in Mesoamerica and Beyond
Edited by Karen Dakin, Claudia Parodi and Natalie Operstein
[Studies in Language Companion Series 185] 2017
► pp. 82–104

Chapter 4
The effect of external factors on the perception of sounds in Meꞌphaa

| SIL International & University of North Dakota

The Meꞌphaa (Tlapanec) language genus, which displays some interesting internal diversification, has been in contact with other languages of southern Mexico, including those with which it is not genetically related, and with Spanish. This chapter examines various specific areas of the phonology of Meꞌphaa and discusses different factors – both internal to the genus and external – that seem to be affecting how the sounds of the language are perceived by the speakers of the language today. The primary evidence is based on the on-going development of an alphabetic representation of the language. The discussion of these facts leads to a new assessment of the value of traditional methods, based on a closed corpus, for analyzing the sound system of a language. The effects of external factors need to be taken into consideration.

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The language and its socio-historical context
  • 3.The development of a written form
  • 4.Factors that may have affected perception
    • 4.1Contact with other indigenous languages of the area
    • 4.2Linguistic analysis
    • 4.3Contact with Spanish
    • 4.4Contact with Spanish-language education
    • 4.5Exposure to a particular kind of educational system
    • 4.6Mutual contact between varieties of Meꞌphaa
  • 5.Six cases to examine
    • 5.1Rhotic
    • 5.2Alveolar affricate
    • 5.3Palatal and velar nasal consonants
    • 5.4Labiodental approximant
    • 5.5Aspirated glottal stop
    • 5.6Aspiration
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 30 June 2017
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