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    * Natural Classes
    :PROPERTIES:
    :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: NaturalClasses
    :END:

    #+options: toc:nil tags:nil num:nil todo:nil
    #+language: english

    #+latex_class: article
    #+latex_header_extra: \usepackage{fontspec}
    #+latex_header_extra: \usepackage[margin=0.5cm,lmargin=3cm]{geometry}
    #+latex_header_extra: \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}

    #+begin_export latex
    \setromanfont[%
    SmallCapsFont=Linux Libertine O,
    SmallCapsFeatures={Letters=SmallCaps}
    ]{DejaVu Sans Condensed}

    \setmainfont[%
    SmallCapsFont=Linux Libertine O,
    SmallCapsFeatures={Letters=SmallCaps}
    ]{DejaVu Sans Condensed}
    #+end_export

    - *Laryngeals* _only_ have *major-class* feature specifications,
    they aren’t specified for manner or for place features.

    - p. 68: «(The term ‘lateral’ is used for any l-type sounds, while the
    term ‘rhotic’ refers to any r-type sound; laterals and rhotics are
    often referred to as *liquids*.)»

    - major-class features :: (where [-feature] is omitted, it means
    "rest is [-feature]")
    - [±consonantal] = [±cons] ::
    - [+cons] :: plosives, affricates, fricatives, nasals, laterals, [r]
    - [-cons] :: vowels, glides, laryngeals
    - [±sonorant] = [±son] ::
    - [+son] :: vowels, glides, liquids, nasals
    - [-son] :: obstruents = plosives, affricates, fricatives, laryngeals
    - [±approximant] = [±approx] ::
    - [+approx] :: vowels, non-nasal sonorants (glides, liquids)
    - [-approx] :: nasals, obstruents

    - laryngeal features ::
    - [±voice] ::
    - [+voice] :: sonorants and voiced obstruents
    - [-voice] :: voiceless obstruents
    - [±spread glottis] = [±spread] ::
    - [+spread] :: aspirated segments and [h ɦ]
    - [±constricted glottis] = [±constr] ::
    - [+constr] :: [ʔ], laryngealised sonorants, glottalised
    obstruents, implosives

    - manner features ::
    - [±continuant] = [±cont] ::
    - [+cont] :: plosives, nasal consonants, affricates, laterals
    - [±nasal] = [±nas] ::
    - [+nas] :: nasalised vowels and nasal consonants
    - [±strident] ::
    - [+strident] :: obstruents with noisier frication, affricates
    (controversial)
    - [-strident] :: other obstruents
    - [±lateral] = [±lat] ::
    - [+lateral] :: l-type sounds

    - *[l]* is ambiguous with regards to *[±cont]*

    - place features :: (where [-feature] is omitted, it means "rest is
    [-feature]")
    - [labial] ::
    - [±round] ::
    - [+round] :: has lip rounding (round vowels, labialised
    consonants)
    - [coronal] :: [θ ~ j]
    - [±anterior] = [±ant] ::
    - [+ant] :: the crown articulates with alveolar ridge or
    somewhere further forward
    - [±distributed] = [±distr] ::
    - [+distr] :: produced with a constriction extending for a
    relatively great distance along the vocal tract, e.g. [ʃ, ʧ,
    ʒ, θ, ð].
    - [dorsal] :: bunched dorsum velars, fronted velars, uvulars,
    vowels. sub-features of [dorsal] are termed /tongue body features/.
    - [±high] ::
    - [+high] :: dorsum raised close to the roof of the mouth
    - [±low] ::
    - [+low] :: bunched dorsum low in the mouth
    - [±back] ::
    - [+back] :: bunched dorsum positioned in the centre or further
    back: velar and uvular consonants, centre and back vowels
    - [-back] :: fronted velars and front vowels
    - [±tense] :: [+tense] vowels are produced with a more peripheral
    and somewhat closer tongue position that [-tense] ones; only
    relevant if the language distinguishes between tense/lax vowels
    - [+tense] :: [i e a o u...]
    - [-tense] :: [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ...]
    - [±Advanced Tongue Root] = [±ATR] :: similar to [+tense]
    - [+ATR] :: forward position of tongue body, enlarging the pharynx
    - [±Retracted Tongue Root] = [±RTR] :: similar to [-tense]
    - [+RTR] :: retraction and lowering of tongue body, narrowing
    the pharynx
    - [radical] = [pharyngeal] :: articulated with the root of the
    tongue
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    % Created 2021-03-18 Prş 10:40
    % Intended LaTeX compiler: xelatex
    \documentclass[11pt]{article}
    \usepackage{graphicx}
    \usepackage{grffile}
    \usepackage{longtable}
    \usepackage{wrapfig}
    \usepackage{rotating}
    \usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
    \usepackage{amsmath}
    \usepackage{textcomp}
    \usepackage{amssymb}
    \usepackage{capt-of}
    \usepackage{hyperref}
    \usepackage{fontspec}
    \usepackage[margin=0.5cm,lmargin=3cm]{geometry}
    \renewcommand{\maketitle}{}
    \author{Göktuğ Kayaalp}
    \date{\today}
    \title{Natural Classes\\\medskip
    \large From Gussenhoven\&Jacobs 2016}
    \hypersetup{
    pdfauthor={Göktuğ Kayaalp},
    pdftitle={Natural Classes},
    pdfkeywords={},
    pdfsubject={},
    pdfcreator={Emacs 28.0.50 (Org mode 9.4.4)},
    pdflang={English}}
    \begin{document}

    \maketitle
    \setromanfont[%
    SmallCapsFont=Linux Libertine O,
    SmallCapsFeatures={Letters=SmallCaps}
    ]{DejaVu Sans Condensed}

    \setmainfont[%
    SmallCapsFont=Linux Libertine O,
    SmallCapsFeatures={Letters=SmallCaps}
    ]{DejaVu Sans Condensed}

    \begin{itemize}
    \item \textbf{Laryngeals} \uline{only} have \textbf{major-class} feature specifications,
    they aren’t specified for manner or for place features.

    \item p. 68: «(The term ‘lateral’ is used for any l-type sounds, while the
    term ‘rhotic’ refers to any r-type sound; laterals and rhotics are
    often referred to as \textbf{liquids}.)»

    \item[{major-class features}] (where [-feature] is omitted, it means
    "rest is [-feature]")
    \begin{description}
    \item[{[±consonantal] = [±cons]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+cons]}] plosives, affricates, fricatives, nasals, laterals, [r]
    \item[{[-cons]}] vowels, glides, laryngeals
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±sonorant] = [±son]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+son]}] vowels, glides, liquids, nasals
    \item[{[-son]}] obstruents = plosives, affricates, fricatives, laryngeals
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±approximant] = [±approx]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+approx]}] vowels, non-nasal sonorants (glides, liquids)
    \item[{[-approx]}] nasals, obstruents
    \end{description}
    \end{description}

    \item[{laryngeal features}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[±voice]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+voice]}] sonorants and voiced obstruents
    \item[{[-voice]}] voiceless obstruents
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±spread glottis] = [±spread]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+spread]}] aspirated segments and [h ɦ]
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±constricted glottis] = [±constr]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+constr]}] [ʔ], laryngealised sonorants, glottalised
    obstruents, implosives
    \end{description}
    \end{description}

    \item[{manner features}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[±continuant] = [±cont]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+cont]}] plosives, nasal consonants, affricates, laterals
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±nasal] = [±nas]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+nas]}] nasalised vowels and nasal consonants
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±strident]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+strident]}] obstruents with noisier frication, affricates
    (controversial)
    \item[{[-strident]}] other obstruents
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±lateral] = [±lat]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+lateral]}] l-type sounds
    \end{description}
    \end{description}

    \item \textbf{[l]} is ambiguous with regards to \textbf{[±cont]}

    \item[{place features}] (where [-feature] is omitted, it means "rest is
    [-feature]")
    \begin{description}
    \item[{[labial]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[±round]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+round]}] has lip rounding (round vowels, labialised
    consonants)
    \end{description}
    \end{description}
    \item[{[coronal]}] [θ \textasciitilde{} j]
    \begin{description}
    \item[{[±anterior] = [±ant]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+ant]}] the crown articulates with alveolar ridge or
    somewhere further forward
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±distributed] = [±distr]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+distr]}] produced with a constriction extending for a
    relatively great distance along the vocal tract, e.g. [ʃ, ʧ,
    ʒ, θ, ð].
    \end{description}
    \end{description}
    \item[{[dorsal]}] bunched dorsum velars, fronted velars, uvulars,
    vowels. sub-features of [dorsal] are termed \emph{tongue body features}.
    \begin{description}
    \item[{[±high]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+high]}] dorsum raised close to the roof of the mouth
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±low]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+low]}] bunched dorsum low in the mouth
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±back]}] \begin{description}
    \item[{[+back]}] bunched dorsum positioned in the centre or further
    back: velar and uvular consonants, centre and back vowels
    \item[{[-back]}] fronted velars and front vowels
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±tense]}] [+tense] vowels are produced with a more peripheral
    and somewhat closer tongue position that [-tense] ones; only
    relevant if the language distinguishes between tense/lax vowels
    \begin{description}
    \item[{[+tense]}] [i e a o u\ldots{}]
    \item[{[-tense]}] [ɪ ɛ ɑ ɔ ʊ\ldots{}]
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±Advanced Tongue Root] = [±ATR]}] similar to [+tense]
    \begin{description}
    \item[{[+ATR]}] forward position of tongue body, enlarging the pharynx
    \end{description}
    \item[{[±Retracted Tongue Root] = [±RTR]}] similar to [-tense]
    \begin{description}
    \item[{[+RTR]}] retraction and lowering of tongue body, narrowing
    the pharynx
    \end{description}
    \end{description}
    \item[{[radical] = [pharyngeal]}] articulated with the root of the
    tongue
    \end{description}
    \end{itemize}
    \end{document}