Beiträge zur sorbischen Phonetik und Phonologie. Teil 2 – Zum Lautsystem des Niedersorbischen: die sekundäre Affrikate <tš> ← tr
Articles on Sorbian Phonetics and Phonology. Part 2 – On the Sound-system of Lower Sorbian: The Secondary Affricative <tš> ← tr
Author(s): Jocz LechosławSubject(s): Phonetics / Phonology, Historical Linguistics, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Philology
Published by: Domowina-Verlag GmbH / Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina
Keywords: Lower Sorbian; phonetics; phonology; affricatives; assibilation; Niedersorbisch; Phonetik; Phonologie; Affrikaten; Assibilierung;
Summary/Abstract: This essay deals with the pronunciation and the phonological status of <tš> ← *tr (as in tšach ʻfearʼ) compared with some historically and phonetically related sound structures in Lower Sorbian. It demonstrates acoustically and phonetically that this structure exhibits significantly complex characteristics of the type affricative + fricative and plosive + fricative, as well as its pronunciation as a simple affricative. As a result, <tš> ← *tr is interpeted biphonematically as /t-ʂ/. In conclusion, we formulate some appropriate orthoepic suggestions.
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 65-76
- Page Count: 12
- Language: German
- Content File-PDF
