LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 12 December 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Nasal Homorganic Assimilation Phenomenon in YTD -
An Autosegmental Analysis

Abdulghani Al-Shuaibi, Ph.D.

Abstract

This paper investigates Nasal Homorganic Assimilation (NHA) phenomenon in Yemeni Tihami dialect (YTD). The paper presents an autosegmental analysis of NHA determining how the phonological process takes place.

The study is conducted theoretically and supported by practical evidence from the Yemeni Tihami context. The data were analysed and examined within the framework of Autosegmental Phonology Theory. Methodologically, the data were elicited by employing different methods, viz., Swadesh list, the two tasks of Labovian models - word list reading and passage reading, interviews, oral phonology questionnaires, recordings and participant observations.

The findings of the autosegmental analysis are in line with the claim of Clements (1985) that assimilation of the place of articulation commonly affects nasals and laryngeal features.

1. Introduction

Nasal Homorganic Assimilation (NHA)

Assimilation is a phonological process where a phone becomes similar to a nearby phone. This is probably the most common phonological process in all languages. Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 below demonstrate five environments of the phonological processes of the nasal homorganic assimilation (henceforth, NHA) in YTD.

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Abdulghani Al-Shuaibi, Ph.D.
Chairman of ELF
Salalah College of Technology
Sultanate of Oman
dr_gani@yahoo.com
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