TNTL 110

J. Stroop

Afgedwongen nasalering

Abstract - The nasalization in words like: [lã:(m)p] 'lamp', [bõ:(n)t] 'fur', which appears a.o. in the southern Dutch dialects, is triggered by the absorption of the 'place' feature of the nasal by the following hormorganic consonant. The loss of 'time', need to give room to the remaining 'nasal' feature, is compensated by lengthening the vowel. So the Brabantic nasalized syllables still are in full harmony with the Dutch syllable-template, being this the rime: [-cons] [+son][+cons].