Phonological and morphological influences on vowel hiatus resolution in Rutooro

When the morphology of a language creates instances of successive vowels, these cases of vowel hiatus are often resolved or repaired. This paper presents a wide variety of instances where vowel hiatus is created within verbs in Rutooro, a Ugandan Bantu language. It is shown that five different strat...

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Main Author: Bickmore, Lee
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2021-08-01
Series:Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus
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Online Access:https://spilplus.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/900