A MULTIREPRESENTATIONAL APPROACH TO EPENTHESIS IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

Authors

  • Maria Mendes Cantoni UFMG, CNPq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v20i38.33308

Keywords:

Epenthesis, Stress, Usage-Based Models, Brazilian Portuguese

Abstract

This paper presents a study on epenthesis in Brasilian Portuguese and its interaction with word stress. We focus on the gradient properties of epenthesis both in lexical, structural and phonetic terms. The main contribution of the present study is to offer an innovative approach to epenthesis, based on Laboratory Phonology and Multirepresentational Models. Data collected experimentally suggest that epenthesis and accentuation of epenthetic vowels are gradually implemented. The data analyzed show that stressed epenthetic vowels present duration patterns that lie in between the durations of regular vowels and unstressed epenthetic vowels, in a gradual way. We suggest that the results presented offer support to a multidimentional perspective to sound representations and that the linguistic system is organized through web relationships.

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Author Biography

Maria Mendes Cantoni, UFMG, CNPq

possui graduação em Língua Portuguesa e em Língua Latina (UFMG, 2006), mestrado em Linguística (UFMG, 2009) e doutorado em Linguística (UFMG, 2012). Realizou estágio de doutorado sanduíche no Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (França, 2011) e pós-doutorado na UFMG (2014). Cursa graduação em Engenharia Elétrica (UFMG), desenvolvendo certificado em Ciência e Tecnologia da Fala. Possui experiência docente em Fonética e Fonologia, Sintaxe, Semântica e línguas estrangeiras. Atua nas áreas de Fonética e Fonologia Experimental, Linguística Cognitiva, Ciência e Tecnologia da Fala.

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Published

2015-06-30

How to Cite

Cantoni, M. M. (2015). A MULTIREPRESENTATIONAL APPROACH TO EPENTHESIS IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE. Gragoatá, 20(38). https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v20i38.33308

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 38 (2015): Language Studies

Section

Language Articles

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