A feature geometric approach to Bondu-so vowel harmony

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Abbie E. Hantgan¹  Christopher R. Green² 

[1] CNRS, LLACAN, Villejuif;Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY;

关键词: vowel harmony;    ATR;    Dogon;    Parallel Structures Model;    feature geometry;   

DOI  :  10.5334/gjgl.793

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Bondu-so (Dogon; Mali) vowel harmony exhibits both typologically and theoretically interesting properties. The language’s vocalic system displays surface patterns that implicate a ten-vowel system with an underlying [ATR] contrast at three vowel heights that is not immediately apparent given only mid vowels maintain an [ATR] contrast on the surface. The current paper presents previously unaccounted for data that show alternations associated with Bondu-so vowel harmony correlate not only with the [ATR] specification of a given root vowel, but also with properties of the root-final consonant. We appeal to a combination of featural and prosodic licensing to analyze these outcomes and do so in a modified version of the 'Parallel Structures' Model of feature geometry. The PSM framework has been employed in studies of consonant assimilation and consonant-vowel interaction, but to our knowledge, the current paper is the first to extend it specifically to the analysis of vowel harmony.

【 授权许可】

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