Reference

Brunelle, M., Thành Tấn, T., Kirby, J., Lư Giang, \. (2019). Obstruent Devoicing and Registrogenesis in Chru. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 517-521).

BibTeX

@inproceedings{brunelleObstruentDevoicingRegistrogenesis2019,
  title = {Obstruent Devoicing and Registrogenesis in {{Chru}}},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the {{Nineteenth International Congress}} of {{Phonetic Sciences}}},
  author = {Brunelle, Marc and Th{\`a}nh Tấn, T{\d a} and Kirby, James and Lư Giang, {\DJ}inh},
  year = {2019},
  pages = {517--521},
  address = {Melbourne},
  abstract = {We describe the register system of Chru, a Chamic  language of Vietnam. In Chru, a historical contrast  between prevoiced and voiceless stops is now a  system of two registers signalled by differences in f0,  voice quality, and F1 in addition to closure voicing.  However, closure voicing is in a state of flux: while  older men maintain closure voicing in the onsets of  low-register items, younger speakers and some older  women frequently have no (or only weak) closure  voicing in this context. In addition, the distribution of  VOT in low register onsets is bimodal, realized either  with strong closure voicing or greater VOT than  voiceless stops. Interestingly, f0, F1 and voice quality  cues are not enhanced after devoiced low-register stops, but instead are more pronounced after stops  realized with closure voicing. We argue this indicates  that enhancement of cues in phonologization must in  some sense be complete before neutralization takes  place.}
}