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In:Historical Linguistics 2017: Selected papers from the 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, Texas, 31 July – 4 August 2017
Edited by Bridget Drinka
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 350] 2020
► pp. 431–452

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Contact-induced change and the phonemicization of the vowel /ɑ/ in Quảng Nam Vietnamese

 | University of Florida
Published online: 9 July 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.350.20pha
Abstract
This paper is an account of the emergence of the low, back, unrounded vowel /ɑ/ in the Quảng Nam dialect spoken in south central Vietnam. This vowel is not seen in any other dialects. The paper provides evidence for a trace of this vowel in two subdialects of Hà Tĩnh province, north central Vietnam (Phạm, 1997, 2014, 2016), and claims that the Quảng Nam /ɑ/ originated from Hà Tĩnh dialects through migration. It was brought to Quảng Nam by early settlers mainly during the 15th to 18th centuries, where the vowel was further internally restructured through various linguistic processes. The Quảng Nam /ɑ/, therefore, originates from two sources: dialect contact and internal restructuring.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The Quảng Nam vowel /ɑ/
  • 3.Quảng Nam: The land and the people
  • 4.The Hà Tĩnh /ɑ/: Migration as a source of the emergence of the Quảng Nam /ɑ/
    • 4.1Hến dialect
    • 4.2Kẻ Chay dialect
    • 4.3Variations of /ɑ/
  • 5.Phonemicization of /ɑ/ in the Quảng Nam
    • 5.1Split of /a/
    • 5.2Cluster reduction and feature preservation
  • 6.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
  • Appendix
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