Transparency, locality, and contrast in Uyghur backness harmony
Theories of vowel harmony have wrestled with the formal challenges of transparency, notably the increased expressivity resulting from non-local dependencies. However, experimental work has demonstrated on a number of occasions that ‘transparent’ vowels actually undergo harmony (e.g., Gick, Pulleybla...
Main Author: | Adam G. McCollum |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2021-05-01
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Series: | Laboratory Phonology |
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Online Access: | https://www.journal-labphon.org/articles/239 |
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