Keywords

Western Shoshoni, Uto-Aztecan, fronting

Abstract

In Western Shoshoni, a Uto- Aztecan language spoken in northern Nevada, coronal obstruents are found in distributional patterns which depend on the presence or absence of a preceding front vowel ([i] or [e]). In the pattern I refer to as FRONTING, alveolar stops alternate with dental stops - dental stops occur following front vowels (la), while alveolar stops occur elsewhere (lb); this pattern is common to all dialects:

Original Publication Citation

2000. “Fronting and Palatalization in Two Dialects of Shoshoni.” Coyote Working Papers. Linguistics Department: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. pp 30-54.