Alguns processos fonológicos da língua Munduruku (Tupi)

Abstract

Several phonological phenomena have never received an intuitively satisfactory treatment in terms of the classical NeoBloomfieldian phoneme, but can be well represented according to the autosegmental theory developed since 1977. One reason for studying indigenous languages is to discover phenomena of theoretical interest. The Munduruku language is rich in phonological processes that can be explained in autosegmental terms. Our analysis of Munduruku, based on data obtained from native speakers of the language, has already advanced to the point where we can point to a large number of phonological processes and provide rules and representations that describe them. The processes that will be described include: 1 - Nasality Scattering, 2 - Assimilation of [+nasal] of the Final Occlusive Consonant of the verbal base when the aspectual morpheme {-m} is suffixed to it, 3 - Laryngealization Shift, (4) Tonal Dissimulation and 5 - Gemination of Final Consonants. The results will be compared with the analysis done by missionary linguists BRAUN & CROFTS, 1969.