Chukchi sonorant consonants in a typological perspective


2024. №2, 122-142

Inna A. Sieber
HSE University, Moscow, Russia; innasieber@gmail.com

Abstract:

The article focuses on the sonorant consonants of the Chukchi language. Particular attention  paid to the consonants that show considerable phonetic variation: approximants (w, j and ɰ) and r. This variation is described in terms of acoustics and articulation, typology, history and dialectology of the Chukchi-Koryak languages, sociolinguistics and the influence of Russian. We use several approaches to link facts about the Chukchi language and explain some realisations of sonorants, as well as draw attention to cross-linguistic comparisons of approximants and rhotics. The study uses field recordings in the Amguema dialect of Chukchi.

For citation:

Sieber I. A. Chukchi sonorant consonants in a typological perspective. Voprosy Jazykoznanija, 2024, 2: 122–142.

Acknowledgements:

This study was carried out in 2023 in the framework of the Basic Research Program at the HSE University.