Vowel Harmony
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Issues In Vowel Harmony
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Author : Robert Michael Vago
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1980-01-01
Issues In Vowel Harmony written by Robert Michael Vago and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Vowel harmony is a well known phonological phenomenon found in a large number of languages spoken mainly in Eurasia and the African continent. In simple terms, vowel harmony is a law which governs the co-occurrence of vowels within a span of utterance, nearly always the word. The contributions of this volume focus on various (not always uncontroversial) aspects of vowel harmony that include typological investigations, phonetic/acoustic experimental studies, descriptions of individual systems, genetic and historical ramifications, and implications for a variety of theoretical models. This volume will prove to be a useful guide to the multifaceted issues posed by an often discussed and quite significant phonological process. This volume will stimulate further discussion and better understanding of the issues raised by the intricate process called vowel harmony.
Asymmetries In Vowel Harmony
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Author : Harry van der Hulst
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-23
Asymmetries In Vowel Harmony written by Harry van der Hulst and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-23 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book deals with the phenomenon of vowel harmony, a phonological process whereby all the vowels in a word are required to share a specific phonological property, such as front or back articulation. Vowel harmony occurs in the majority of languages of the world, though only in very few European languages, and has been a central concern in phonological theory for many years. In this volume, Harry van der Hulst puts forward a new theory of vowel harmony, which accounts for the patterns of and exceptions to this phenomenon in the widest range of languages ever considered. The book begins with an overview of the general causes of asymmetries in vowel harmony systems. The two following chapters provide a detailed account of a new theory of vowel harmony based on unary elements and licensing, which is embedded in a general dependency-based theory of phonological structure. In the remaining chapters, this theory is applied to a variety of vowel harmony phenomena from typologically diverse languages, including palatal harmony in languages such as Finnish and Hungarian, labial harmony in Turkic languages, and tongue root systems in Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, and Tungusic languages. The volume provides a valuable overview of the diversity of vowel harmony in the languages of the world and is essential reading for phonologists of all theoretical persuasions.
Vowel Harmony
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Author : Catherine O. Ringen
language : en
Publisher: Dissertations-G
Release Date : 1988
Vowel Harmony written by Catherine O. Ringen and has been published by Dissertations-G this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Grammar, Comparative and general categories.
Vowel Harmony And Correspondence Theory
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Author : Martin Krämer
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2008-08-22
Vowel Harmony And Correspondence Theory written by Martin Krämer and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Vowel Harmony and Correspondence Theory covers the major issues in the generative analysis of vowel harmony and vowel harmony typology. The book offers an economical account of the most prominent features of vowel harmony systems (root control, affix control, dominance, vowel opacity, and neutrality) within the framework of optimality theory, extending the notion of correspondence to the syntagmatic dimension.The book contains a typological overview of vowel harmony patterns, an introduction to the basics of optimality theory including some of its most recent extensions and detailed studies of harmony systems in 10 languages from a variety of language families.
Locality In Vowel Harmony
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Author : Andrew Nevins
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2010
Locality In Vowel Harmony written by Andrew Nevins and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This work offers phonologists new evidence that viewing vowel harmony through the lens of relativized minimality has the potential to unify different levels of linguistic representation and different domains of empirical inquiry in a unified framework.
Vowel Harmony
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Author : Krisztina Polgárdi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Vowel Harmony written by Krisztina Polgárdi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Tungusic Vowel Harmony
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Author : Bing Li
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Tungusic Vowel Harmony written by Bing Li and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Grammar, Comparative and general categories.
With a summary in Dutch.
Consonant Harmony
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Author : Gunnar Olafur Hansson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2010-11
Consonant Harmony written by Gunnar Olafur Hansson and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A revised version of the author's 2001 doctoral dissertation.
Dynamics And Transparency In Vowel Harmony
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Author : Stefan Benus
language : en
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Release Date : 2010-08
Dynamics And Transparency In Vowel Harmony written by Stefan Benus and has been published by Universal-Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This dissertation examines the phonological patterning as well as phonetic characteristics of transparent vowels in Hungarian palatal vowel harmony. Traditionally, these vowels are assumed to be excluded from participating in harmony alternations. The experimental data presented in this dissertation run contrary to this assumption. The data show that transparent vowels in Hungarian are articulated differently depending on the harmonic domain in which they occur. Based on this observation, the central claim defended and formalized in this dissertation is that continuous phonetic details of all stem vowels including the transparent vowels are relevant for the phonological alternation in suffixes. The dissertation proposes an integrated model that relates phonetic and phonological aspects of vowel harmony using the formal language of non-linear dynamic. The advantage of this approach is in its potential to capture both qualitative as well as quantitative aspects of the same pattern in a unified way. Crucially, a dynamic approach allows one to express both phonological and phonetic generalizations while maintaining the essential distinction between them. Hence, the dynamic approach provides a feasible research strategy in the quest for understanding one of the continuing challenges in the study of speech: the relation between phonology - the mental or symbolic aspects of our speaking competence, and phonetics - continuous physical manifestations of this competence. Applied to the particular case of transparency in Hungarian vowel harmony, the premise of interdependency between the phonetic properties of the stem vowels and the phonological patterns of suffix selection allows for an explanation of a broad range of data. Most importantly, it provides a motivation for the cross-linguistic generalizations related to transparent vowels in palatal vowel harmony systems. In addition, the effects of tongue body height, lip rounding, and surrounding vocalic context on the suffix selection in Hungarian receive a natural and lawful explanation. To summarize, this dissertation presents novel experimental data from the production of transparent vowels in Hungarian. The proposed integrated model, relating phonetics and phonology using the formal language of non-linear dynamic, achieves a unified explanation of both the phonetic and phonological generalizations observed in the data and the literature.
Vowel Patterns In Language
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Author : Rachel Walker
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-28
Vowel Patterns In Language written by Rachel Walker and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-28 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Linguists researching the sounds of languages do not just study lists of sounds but seek to discover generalizations about sound patterns by grouping them into categories. They study the common properties of each category and identify what distinguishes one category from another. Vowel patterns, for instance, are analysed and compared across languages to identify phonological similarities and differences. This account of vowel patterns in language brings a wealth of cross-linguistic material to the study of vowel systems and offers theoretical insights. Informed by research in speech perception and production, it addresses the fundamental question of how the relative prominence of word position influences vowel processes and distributions. The book combines a cross-linguistic focus with detailed case studies. Descriptions and analyses are provided for vowel patterns in over 25 languages from around the world, with particular emphasis on minor Romance languages and on the diachronic development of the German umlaut.