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Phonetic exponence of word-level stress in Ashaninka(ARAWAK)
Elena Mihas, Olga Maxwell, Sasha Calhoun (ed.), Paola Escudero (ed.), Marija Tabain (ed.), Paul Warren (ed.)
Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019 | Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc. | Published : 2019
Abstract
This quantitative study examines the phonetic exponents of word-level stress in Ashaninka, an Arawak language of Peru, ISO-639-3 cni; glottocode asha1243. The variety under study is spoken in the Districts of Rio Negro, Satipo, Mazamari, and Llayla of the Satipo province, and District of Pichanaki of the Chanchamayo province of Junín Region. The analysis of Ashaninka word-level stress is based on the audio corpus of elicited speech made during focused fieldwork in the research community. The study results indicate that the right edge oriented primary stress is cued by two robust phonetic exponents, such as duration and intensity. The left edge oriented secondary stress is expressed via inten..
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