Vowel Harmony Systems in Uralic and Altaic Languages

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ID2895366
AutoresRobert M Vago (autor correspondente)
Ano1973
Volume49
Fascículo3
Páginas579
Data de publicação1973-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLanguage (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/412352
OpenAlexW2022073771
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas10

This paper examines the main phonological properties of vowel harmony, with facts drawn exclusively from Uralic and Altaic languages. It is demonstrated that vowel harmony rules apply iteratively; and that exceptional stems and suffixes differ in that the former do not serve as context to the vowel harmony rule, while the latter do. Evidence is presented for the incorporation of abstract segments and absolute neutralization rules into phonological theory. Specifically, abstract and non-abstract analyses are compared side by side in a Turkish dialect, Buriat, Manchu, Vogul, Cheremis, and Hungarian: in each case the abstract analysis is shown to be superior or the only one tenable. The abstractness controversy is discussed in detail, and a principled resolution is offered

Art · Geography · Harmony (color) · Linguistics · Sociology · Vowel · Vowel harmony · History · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research