La Nasalisation des Occlusives à la Périphérie syllabique en Karitiana et en Urueuwauwau

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ABSTRACT: Our analysis of the underlying phonological system of two Amazonian languages checks over the Piggot’s universal typological claim that a language can’t own simultaneous oppositions between oral versus nasal voiced stops and between oral versus nasal vowels. The virtual syllabic break – as a psychophonic echo of the actualized pause – is the deciding factor of the syllable periphery nasalization.