Two notes on Kinande vowel harmony
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Author(s)
Kenstowicz, Michael
Date Issued
March 2009
Journal
Language Sciences
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Kenstowicz, Michael J. “Two notes on Kinande vowel harmony.” Language Sciences 31.2-3: 248-270.
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
This paper documents the acoustic reflexes of ATR harmony in Kinande followed by an analysis of the dominance reversal found in class 5 nominals. The principal findings are that the ATR harmony is reliably reflected in a lowering of the first formant. Depending on the vowel, ATR harmony also affects the second formant. The directional asymmetry noted in previous research is also confirmed. Dominance reversal is analysed within the Optimality Theory framework as the combination of dispreferences for affixal triggers and left-headed harmonic domains.
Subjects
ATR harmony
dominance reversal
weighted constraints
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2008.12.011
