Abstract
The development of [ʃ] in Afrikaans. This is a follow-up study on a seemingly recent development of the consonant system of Afrikaans that Wissing, Pienaar and Van Niekerk (2015) reported on. They show that the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ is produced as the [ʃ], a voiceless postalveolar or alveopalatal fricative when immediately following the rhotic /r/, but as [s] in contexts other than this. To establish whether this phenomenon is characteristic of present-day Afrikaans in contrast to the pronunciation of previous generations, a survey was conducted in which the readings of news bulletins by two groups of radio presenters were analysed regarding their acoustic properties. These groups are representative of two generations of Afrikaans speakers, characterised as Oud [Old] and Jonk [Young]. Apart from the fact that the reading by Oud were recorded one to two decades ago (2000–2006), and those by Jonk during 2017, the average ages of these groups were at the time of recording 29 years for Jonk, and 50 years for Oud. A significant difference between the acoustic properties of the fricative /s/ following /r/ of these two groups was found. More specifically, Jonk, unlike Oud, clearly produced this phoneme as [ʃ]. This shows that notable sound shifts might happen within a relatively short time span. The article is concluded by considering a possible explanation of this recent phenomenon within the realm of theories of internal sound change.
Highlights
Bekende fonologiese prosesse wat konsonante raak soos assimilasie, of konsonantskrapping, is redelik goed in die meeste standaardhandboeke beskryf
South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is ’n navorsingsinfrastruktuur wat deur die Departement van Wetenskap en Tegnologie van die Suid-Afrikaanse Regering gestig is as deel van die South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR)
Sodanige assimilasie van konsonante in ander klankomgewings is welbekend in gevalle waar die stemlose velêre eksplosief /k/ veral voor die hoë voorvokale /i/ en /e/ palataliseer tot die stemlose palatale eksplosief [c] soos in [cis] < /kis/ kies en [ciəl] < /kel/ keel
Summary
Read online: Scan this QR code with your smart phone or mobile device to read online. This is a follow-up study on a seemingly recent development of the consonant system of Afrikaans that Wissing, Pienaar and Van Niekerk (2015) reported on They show that the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ is produced as the [ʃ], a voiceless postalveolar or alveopalatal fricative when immediately following the rhotic /r/, but as [s] in contexts other than this. Daarom word die skuinsstrepe hier as dekvorm gebruik, en slegs waar dit duidelik om allofone gaan – soos in die geval van [ʃ], wat ook nie foneemstatus het nie soos wat wel die geval is met /r/. Die proses waaroor dit hier gaan, word in die Afrikaanse fonologiese tradisie palatalisasie genoem (vgl. byvoorbeeld De Villiers & Ponelis 1987:174; Wissing 2017)
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