0536645 - ÚJČ 2021 RIV DE eng M - Monography Chapter
Bičan, Aleš
Syllabic nasals in Czech.
Etymologus. Hamburg: Baar, 2020 - (Bichlmeier, H.; Šefčík, O.; Sukač, R.), s. 59-71. Studien zur historisch-vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft, 14. ISBN 978-3-935536-42-4
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA16-06012S
Institutional support: RVO:68378092
Keywords : phonology * phonotactics * syllable * loanwords * nasals
OECD category: Specific languages

The paper deals with syllabic nasals in Modern Czech contrasting them to the other syllabic consonants the language has, namely the liquids [r] and [l]. Two such nasals occur, the bilabial nasal [m] and the alveolar nasal [n]. They are found mostly in borrowings from German and English. Having identified 118 lexical items with syllabic nasals, the author discusses the phonotactics, origin and variation of these segments. It is shown that the nasals are syllabic in slightly different contexts than the liquids.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0314388