Invitation for Study of Enets Prosody: Phonology and Intonation Insights
Explore Enets phonology and intonation with Olesya Khanina from the Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Discover the unique set of phonemes, patterns of variation, and stress patterns at the word level. Uncover interesting questions about Enets prosody through digital corpora analysis. Join the study on the dynamics of language contact in the Circumpolar World.
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An invitation for a study of the Enets prosody: Enets digital corpora Olesya Khanina Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences olesya.khanina@gmail.com Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World , Russian Science Foundation
Outline Enets (Forest, Tundra) Northern Samoyedic Samoyedic Uralic 1. What do we know about the Enets phonology at the word level? 2. What do we know about the Enets intonation? 3. Description of the Enets corpora. 4. Interesting questions concerning intonation patterns that the Enets corpora let us ask. Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
1. What do we know about the Enets phonology at the word level? Set of phonemes, patterns of variation (phonemic and allophonic) FE, TE: /e/~/i/ in the 1stsyllable FE: / /~/a/, / /~/e/, /s/~/z/ FE, TE: optional vowel drop word-finally FE, TE: optional vowel drop in sequences of 2 identical vowels FE: optional vowel drop in even syllables in 2+ syllable words Stress patterns: in isolation and in a carrier phrase Khanina, Olesya & Andrey Shluinsky. In prep. Tundra and Forest Enets, In Abondolo, Daniel & Riitta-Liisa Valij rvi (eds.). 2018. The Uralic languages, 2ndedition. London and New York: Routledge. Khanina, Olesya. Documenting a language with phonemic and phonetic variation: the case of Enets, Submitted to Language Documentation and Conservation. Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
Close Close-mid e [e, , i, , ] Mid-open Open Front i [i, ] Central a [a] Back u [u] o [o, u, , ] [ ] F only: [ , , a] Bilabial Dental/ Alveolar d [d, t] t [t] Palatalized coronals d [d , , d , t , t ] t [t , t ] n [n ] [ , , ] Palatal Velar Glottal Plosive b [b, b , p] p [p, p ] k [k, k , x] g [g, g , k] [ , , V ] Nasal Trill Fricative m [m, m ] n [n] r [r, r ] z [ , , z, z , s] s [s, s , , ] l [l] [ , ] x [x, x ] Approximant Lateral approximant l [l ] j [j] Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
Possible only in non-first syllables Close Close-mid e [e, , i, , ] Mid-open Open Front i [i, ] Central a [a] Back u [u] o [o, u, , ] [ ] F only: [ , , a] Bilabial Dental/ Alveolar d [d, t] t [t] Palatalized coronals d [d , , d , t , t ] t [t , t ] n [n ] [ , , ] Palatal Velar Glottal Plosive b [b, b , p] p [p, p ] k [k, k , x] g [g, g , k] [ , , V ] Nasal Trill Fricative m [m, m ] n [n] r [r, r ] z [ , , z, z , s] s [s, s , , ] l [l] [ , ] x [x, x ] Approximant Lateral approximant l [l ] j [j] Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
Possible only in non-first syllables Close Close-mid e [e, , i, , ] Mid-open Open Front i [i, ] Central a [a] Back u [u] o [o, u, , ] [ ] F only: [ , , a] Possible only before front vowels (the frequency of use depends on the quality of the vowel and of the consonant) Non-first syllables only Non-first syllables only Non-first syllables only Non-first syllables only Non-first syllables only Non-first syllables only Non-first syllables only Non-first syllables only Non-first syllables only Non-first syllables only Non-first syllables only depends on the quality of the vowel and of the consonant) Possible only before front vowels (the frequency of use Bilabial Dental/ Alveolar d [d, t] t [t] Palatalized coronals d [d , , d , t , t ] t [t , t ] n [n ] [ , , ] Palatal Velar Glottal Plosive b [b, b , p] p [p, p ] k [k, k , x] g [g, g , k] [ , , V ] Nasal Trill Fricative m [m, m ] n [n] r [r, r ] z [ , , z, z , s] s [s, s , , ] l [l] [ , ] x [x, x ] Approximant Lateral approximant l [l ] j [j] Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
1. What do we know about the Enets phonology at the word level? Set of phonemes, patterns of variation (phonemic and allophonic) FE, TE: /e/~/i/ in the 1stsyllable FE: / /~/a/, / /~/e/, /s/~/z/ FE, TE: optional vowel drop word-finally FE, TE: optional vowel drop in sequences of 2 identical vowels FE: optional vowel drop in even syllables in 2+ syllable words Stress patterns: in isolation and in a carrier phrase Khanina, Olesya & Andrey Shluinsky. In prep. Tundra and Forest Enets, In Abondolo, Daniel & Riitta-Liisa Valij rvi (eds.). 2018. The Uralic languages, 2ndedition. London and New York: Routledge. Khanina, Olesya. Documenting a language with phonemic and phonetic variation: the case of Enets, Submitted to Language Documentation and Conservation. Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
1. What do we know about the Enets phonology at the word level? Set of phonemes, patterns of variation (phonemic and allophonic) FE, TE: /e/~/i/ in the 1stsyllable FE: / /~/a/, / /~/e/, /s/~/z/ FE, TE: optional vowel drop word-finally FE, TE: optional vowel drop in sequences of 2 identical vowels FE: optional vowel drop in even syllables in 2+ syllable words Stress patterns: in isolation and in a carrier phrase Khanina, Olesya & Andrey Shluinsky. In prep. Tundra and Forest Enets, In Abondolo, Daniel & Riitta-Liisa Valij rvi (eds.). 2018. The Uralic languages, 2ndedition. London and New York: Routledge. Khanina, Olesya. Documenting a language with phonemic and phonetic variation: the case of Enets, Submitted to Language Documentation and Conservation. Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
Stress patterns the 1stsyllable: often more prominent (prominence: length, intensity, pitch) the 2ndsyllable: can also be prominent further syllables: rarely prominent, with exceptions connected to some affixes. + it is not uncommon for stress-related parameters to diverge: 1stvs. 2nd + different pronunciations of the same words may be characterized by a change in length, intensity, or pitch for the 1stor the 2ndsyllable. in a carrier phrase: usually fewer prosodic distinctions 1stvs. non-1st, the length is the most frequent parameter to differentiate syllables in a carrier phrase => no easily identifiable fixed stress => the 1stsyllable is more often prominent than not Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
1. What do we know about the Enets phonology at the word level? Set of phonemes, patterns of variation (phonemic and allophonic) FE, TE: /e/~/i/ in the 1stsyllable FE: / /~/a/, / /~/e/, /s/~/z/ FE, TE: optional vowel drop word-finally FE, TE: optional vowel drop in sequences of 2 identical vowels FE: optional vowel drop in even syllables in 2+ syllable words Stress patterns: in isolation and in a carrier phrase Khanina, Olesya & Andrey Shluinsky. In prep. Tundra and Forest Enets, In Abondolo, Daniel & Riitta-Liisa Valij rvi (eds.). 2018. The Uralic languages, 2ndedition. London and New York: Routledge. Khanina, Olesya. Documenting a language with phonemic and phonetic variation: the case of Enets, Submitted to Language Documentation and Conservation. Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
1. What do we know about the Enets phonology at the word level? Set of phonemes, patterns of variation (phonemic and allophonic) FE, TE: /e/~/i/ in the 1stsyllable FE: / /~/a/, / /~/e/, /s/~/z/ FE, TE: optional vowel drop word-finally FE, TE: optional vowel drop in sequences of 2 identical vowels FE: optional vowel drop in even syllables in 2+ syllable words Stress patterns: in isolation and in a carrier phrase Khanina, Olesya & Andrey Shluinsky. In prep. Tundra and Forest Enets, In Abondolo, Daniel & Riitta-Liisa Valij rvi (eds.). 2018. The Uralic languages, 2ndedition. London and New York: Routledge. Khanina, Olesya. Documenting a language with phonemic and phonetic variation: the case of Enets, Submitted to Language Documentation and Conservation. Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
2. What do we know about the Enets intonation? Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
2. What do we know about the Enets intonation? NOTHING! Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
3. Description of the Enets corpora Glossed and translated texts synchronized with audio (and partly video); ELAN & Toolbox Translation and glossing in Russian AND English; Enets is written with Latin script (Cyrillic script in progress) All texts: oral speech (a handful of written texts read aloud) Genres: everyday stories, traditional stories and tales, dialogues, interviews, procedures and instructions, songs, polylogues, Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
3. Description of the Enets corpora Modern data (speakers born 1940s-1960s): 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010: Potapovo, Vorontsovo, Dudinka Recorded by Andrey Shluinsky, Olesya Khanina, Maria Ovsjannikova, Natalia Stoynova, Sergey Trubetskoy Data from archives (speakers born 1910s-1930s): reels, cassettes, minidisks Recorded by linguists Kazimir Labanauskas, Eugen Helimski, Irina P. Sorokina, Darja S. Bolina, a musicologist Oksana E. Dobzhanskaja, an Enets journalist of local radio Nina N. Bolina; Viktor N. Pal chin, Marina N. Pal china, Vera Bettu, Transcribed by Andrey Shluinsky, Olesya Khanina, Maria Ovsjannikova, Natalia Stoynova, Sergey Trubetskoy All glossed by Andrey Shluinsky (FE) and Olesya Khanina (TE) Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
3. Description of the Enets corpora Hours Texts Clauses MS Word pages Speakers Current generation Previous generations Forest Enets Tundra Enets Total 25 342 ca. 30 000 ca. 3 500 18 18 7.2 99 ca. 9 000 ca. 1 000 8 6 32.2 441 ca. 39 000 ca. 4 500 50 Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
4. Interesting questions concerning intonation patterns that the Enets corpora let us ask Forest Enets vs. Tundra Enets Modern vs. pre-modern TE vs. TE in Nganasan surrounding (in progress) Comparison to the Russian of the Enets Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
4. Interesting questions concerning intonation patterns that the Enets corpora let us ask Forest Enets vs. Tundra Enets Modern vs. pre-modern TE vs. TE in Nganasan surrounding (in progress) Comparison to the Russian of the Enets Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
4. Interesting questions concerning intonation patterns that the Enets corpora let us ask Forest Enets vs. Tundra Enets Modern vs. pre-modern TE vs. TE in Nganasan surrounding (in progress) Comparison to the Russian of the Enets Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
4. Interesting questions concerning intonation patterns that the Enets corpora let us ask Forest Enets vs. Tundra Enets Modern vs. pre-modern TE vs. TE in Nganasan surrounding (in progress) Comparison to the Russian of the Enets Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
4. How to get the Enets corpora For the latest version, e-mail the owners: Olesya Khanina: olesya.khanina@gmail.com Andrey Shluinsky: ashl@yandex.ru Web-version of FE (non-downloadable, glossing) http://larkpie.net/siberianlanguages/recordings/forest-enets Raw web-version of FE, TE (downloadable, no glossing) http://elar.soas.ac.uk/deposit/0302 By the end of 2017: fully updated in the Internet (a part of the corpora) Dynamics of Language Contact in the Circumpolar World Russian Science Foundation
