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1998
Abstract Vowel harmony systems occur in a wide range of Armenian dialects, from Marash in Turkey to Maragha in Iran to Shamaxi in Azerbaijan. These harmonic systems constrain specifications for the feature [back] (and occasionally [round] as well) within two phonological domains: roots and words.
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Abstract Vowel harmony systems occur in a wide range of Armenian dialects, from Marash in Turkey to Maragha in Iran to Shamaxi in Azerbaijan. These harmonic systems constrain specifications for the feature [back] (and occasionally [round] as well) within two phonological domains: roots and words.
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The Linguistic Review, 1997
Kalabari Ijo has a restricted vowel co-occurrence pattern which derives from the operation of two types of harmonies : tongue root harmony and back harmony. It also shows a combination of characteristics associated with these independent harmonies: disharmonic low vowel /a/ in the ATR harmony and disharmonic high vowels and height dependence in the ...
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Kalabari Ijo has a restricted vowel co-occurrence pattern which derives from the operation of two types of harmonies : tongue root harmony and back harmony. It also shows a combination of characteristics associated with these independent harmonies: disharmonic low vowel /a/ in the ATR harmony and disharmonic high vowels and height dependence in the ...
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South African Journal of African Languages, 2000
This article studies the vocalic patterns of distribution and alternation in Kikuyu. The phenomenon of distribution manifests itself in morpheme structure constraints imposed on vowel sequencing within the verbal root, while the effect of alternation is seen within the verbal stem, which displays a productive root-controlled suffixal harmony.
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This article studies the vocalic patterns of distribution and alternation in Kikuyu. The phenomenon of distribution manifests itself in morpheme structure constraints imposed on vowel sequencing within the verbal root, while the effect of alternation is seen within the verbal stem, which displays a productive root-controlled suffixal harmony.
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2006
This thesis provides a phonological, psycholinguistic and phonetic description of vowel harmony in Canadian French (CF), as well as a theoretical account of the phenomenon showing that the CF facts may only be accounted for in derivational frameworks that include the notion of 'cycle.' CF [ATR] vowel harmony is regressive, optional, and parasitic on ...
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This thesis provides a phonological, psycholinguistic and phonetic description of vowel harmony in Canadian French (CF), as well as a theoretical account of the phenomenon showing that the CF facts may only be accounted for in derivational frameworks that include the notion of 'cycle.' CF [ATR] vowel harmony is regressive, optional, and parasitic on ...
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Oceanic Linguistics, 1968
5. Conclusion This paper describes the system of vowel harmony in Chamorro,' the existence of which has received passing attention in previous studies, but which until now has not been examined carefully for its determining features. Chamorro shows two distinct types of what can generally be termed vowel harmony. The first of these involves fronting at
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5. Conclusion This paper describes the system of vowel harmony in Chamorro,' the existence of which has received passing attention in previous studies, but which until now has not been examined carefully for its determining features. Chamorro shows two distinct types of what can generally be termed vowel harmony. The first of these involves fronting at
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Vowel harmony, neutral vowels and autosegmental theory
Lingua, 1986Abstract A revision of McCarthy's analysis of Montaiies vowel harmony is proposed in which autosegmental tiers constitute a separate dimension of the representation whose feature specifications can be given independently. Segments which do not undergo harmony (including neutral vowels) are specified on the segmental tier and are not affected when a ...
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Abstract This short chapter surveys phonological and morphosyntactic parameters conditioning cross-word vowel harmony (VH) and illustrates select parameters by providing details of the VH systems of Gua, Vata, Kinande, Somali, and Wolof.
Laura J. Downing, Martin Krämer
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Laura J. Downing, Martin Krämer
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Abstract This chapter sets out to review multiple cases of the phenomenon known as laxing harmony—that is, an assimilation process in which two nearby vowels are produced having an identical tense/lax quality. First, the chapter distinguishes between laxing harmony and advanced tongue root (ATR) harmony, limiting the scope of laxing ...
Nicholas Henriksen, Kelly Kendro
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Nicholas Henriksen, Kelly Kendro
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Abstract In this chapter a description of four cases of rhotic harmony is provided. These are: (a) Kalasha, a language with a rhotic vowel for each non-rhotic vowel; (b) Serrano, a language with half the number rhotic vowels as it has non-rhotic vowels; (c) Yurok, a language with a single rhotic vowel, in a different place to all the non-
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Vowel Harmony in Romance Languages
Abstract This chapter presents the main features of vowel harmony (VH) patterns in Romance. Virtually all Romance harmonies are unidirectional—that is, they are right-to-left or left-to-right processes. Furthermore, in most Romance vowel harmonies the stress-bearing vowel is either the target (most usually assimilating to the final vowel,Canalis, Stefano +3 more
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