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21. High-Mid and Low-Mid Back Vowels

Chapter 21 investigates the development of high-mid ME /oː/ (presented as [ọː] in this book) and the mid and low back ME /ɔː/ and /ɔ/. The chapter begins with a discussion similar to Chapter 17, also entitled “Principles and Obstacles,” focusing on the challenges of analyzing low-mid and low-back vowels and their phonemic values.
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Hiatus resolution in Moroccan Judeo-Spanish

Isogloss
This article gives an Optimality Theory analysis of the resolution of vowel hiatus across word boundaries based on published descriptions of late 19th and early 20th century Moroccan Judeo-Spanish, also known as haketía.
Samuel Douglass, Travis G. Bradley
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Variation in the formant of ethno-regional varieties in Nigerian English vowels

Open Linguistics
Unlike previous studies on Nigerian English (NigE) that consistently report mid-point analysis to describe NigE vowels, this study employs spectral changes because it reveals inherent changes, which characterize vowel formants over time. Earlier research,
Amoniyan Oluwasegun
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Distribution of Mid Vowels and Relating Vowel Harmony in Zulu

Distribution of Mid Vowels and Relating Vowel Harmony in Zulu
This paper focuses on the distribution of mid vowels in Zulu and how the language system treats them. In this language, mid-low vowels such as [ɛ] and [ɔ] are raised to mid-high position as [e] and [o], when directly followed by a syllable with a high vowel.
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Unmasking the Bantu Orthographic Vowels

, 2017
Bantu vowel phonemes are reflexes of the Proto-Bantu seven-vowel system /*i *ɪ * ε‎ *a *ɔ *ʊ *u/. While lax high vowels were supplanted in some systems because of vowel mergers in the first two degrees /*i *ɪ/ and /*u *ʊ/, lax mid vowels / ε‎ ɔ/ are ...
Joash J. Gambarage
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A Feature Alignment Approach to Plural Realization in Eastern Andalusian Spanish

Languages
Using an optimality theoretic analysis, this study offers a conception of the problem of plural realization in Eastern Andalusian Spanish (EAS) where plural suffix /s/ was deleted diachronically that differs from other accounts that assign the EAS plural
Stuart Davis, Matthew Pollock
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MID VOWEL NEUTRALIZATION IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE

Cadernos de Estudos Lingüísticos, 2012
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The Pronunciation of the Schwa

Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Occidentale
In Italian, the schwa has spread to encode gender beyond the binary, yet /ə/ is not part of the standard phonemic inventory. This study addresses the recurring unpronounceability argument by focusing on acoustic vowel distance.
Facchini, Igor, Galimberti, Valeria
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18. Low-Mid Front Vowels

Chapter 18 continues the discussions introduced in Chapter 17, focusing on the pronunciation of Meat words (ME /ɛː/) and Dress words (short ME /ɛ/). In the case of Meat words, we examine the persistent conservation of the original ME pronunciation in New England.
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Oregon’s Mid-Coast Water Planning Partnership water action plan [2021]

The purpose of the Oregon Mid-Coast Water Action Plan is to provide a framework and pathway forward to address water supply and use challenges in the Mid-Coast region, and sustainably balance water needs for people and native fish and wildlife. This plan
Mid-Coast Water Planning Partnership
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