A phonology of Gitksan, with emphasis on glottalization
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1974
Authors
Wickstrom, Ronald William
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Abstract
This thesis consists of a phonemic analysis at the word level of the phonology of Gitksan, a language spoken by the people of the Hazelton, Kiwiox, Kitwanga, and the Skeena Crossing area of British Columbia.
The study includes chapters on attestation, allophony, phoneme distribution, distinctive features, and glottalization. The section on glottalization includes reproduced spectrograms of Gitksan Glottalized consonants made on the Kay Electro-Sonagraph at the University of Victoria.
Included also are appendices consisting of a word list and a sample text.