A nonlinear analysis of vowel harmony in Luganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10139366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis Katamba (Lancaster University Ghana, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 257-275 |
| Publication date | 1984-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s002222670001389x |
| OpenAlex | W2126088704 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
In some languages, vowels occurring in some specified domain, which is usually the word, must share some phonetic property or properties. Such languages are said to have vowel harmony. Luganda, a Bantu language of Uganda, is unusual in having a vowel harmony system which is entirely morphologically conditioned. There is one subsystem which operates in the noun phrase and another irregular subsystem which operates in the verb phrase. The aim of this paper is to show how the non-linear theory of phonology developed by writers like Clements (1980, 1982) can throw some light on this apparently irregularity-ridden system
Art · Harmony (color · Linguistics · Noun · Phonology · Phrase · Tamil · Vowel · Vowel harmony · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Speech and dialogue systems
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
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