The closed vowels in West Frisian revisited. On the mismatch between phonetic duration and phonological length

W. Visser

doi:10.1075/nss.33.23vis

The closed vowels in West Frisian revisited. On the mismatch between phonetic duration and phonological length

W. Visser

Fryske Akademy (FA)

Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in boek/boekdeel › Hoofdstuk › Wetenschappelijk › peer review

Samenvatting

In most of the literature on West Frisian, it is assumed that this language has a
symmetrical vowel system, consisting of nine short and nine corresponding long
vowels. These vowels all occur in minimal pairs, meaning that this distinction has phonemic value. This traditional view was challenged in De Haan (1999), where an asymmetrical classification is proposed in which the closed vowels /i/, /y/ and /u/, in spite of their short duration, are considered to be long vowels. In this paper, I want to assess the pros and cons of this asymmetrical classification, add some new arguments in favour of it, and come up with a representation of /i/, /y/ and /u/ which captures both their phonological length and phonetic duration.

Originele taal-2	Engels
Titel	From West to North Frisia A Journey along the North Sea Coast. Frisian studies in honour of Jarich Hoekstra
Redacteuren	Alistair Walker, Eric Hoekstra, Goffe Jensma, Wendy Vanselow, Willem Visser, Christoph Winter
Plaats van productie	Amsterdam/Philadelphia
Uitgeverij	John Benjamins Publishing
Pagina's	409-422
ISBN van elektronische versie	978 90 272 5826 7
ISBN van geprinte versie	978 90 272 1016 6
DOI's	https://doi.org/10.1075/nss.33.23vis
Status	Gepubliceerd - 22 feb. 2022

Publicatie series

Naam	NOWELE Supplement Series (NSS)
Uitgeverij	John Benjamins Publishing
Volume	33
ISSN van geprinte versie	0900-8675

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10.1075/nss.33.23visLicentie: CC BY-NC-ND

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Visser, W. (2022). The closed vowels in West Frisian revisited. On the mismatch between phonetic duration and phonological length. In A. Walker, E. Hoekstra, G. Jensma, W. Vanselow, W. Visser, & C. Winter (editors), From West to North Frisia A Journey along the North Sea Coast. Frisian studies in honour of Jarich Hoekstra (blz. 409-422). (NOWELE Supplement Series (NSS); Vol. 33). John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/nss.33.23vis

Visser, W. / The closed vowels in West Frisian revisited. On the mismatch between phonetic duration and phonological length. From West to North Frisia A Journey along the North Sea Coast. Frisian studies in honour of Jarich Hoekstra. redacteur / Alistair Walker ; Eric Hoekstra ; Goffe Jensma ; Wendy Vanselow ; Willem Visser ; Christoph Winter. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing, 2022. blz. 409-422 (NOWELE Supplement Series (NSS)).

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Visser W. The closed vowels in West Frisian revisited. On the mismatch between phonetic duration and phonological length. In Walker A, Hoekstra E, Jensma G, Vanselow W, Visser W, Winter C, redacteurs, From West to North Frisia A Journey along the North Sea Coast. Frisian studies in honour of Jarich Hoekstra. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing. 2022. blz. 409-422. (NOWELE Supplement Series (NSS)). doi: 10.1075/nss.33.23vis