Vowel harmony and positional variation in Kyrgyz

While it is well known that the phonetic realization of a segment may differ by position, it is unclear how positional variation interacts with vowel harmony, the imperative that vowels be identical along some phonological dimension. Pearce (2008, 2012) contends that phonological harmony blocks phon...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adam G. McCollum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2020-12-01
Series:Laboratory Phonology
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Online Access:https://www.journal-labphon.org/articles/247