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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doaj-4cf262139a8d4938ba0437dfae1eeba62021-09-29T13:00:09ZafrStellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus1726-541X2224-33802021-08-01620395510.5842/62-0-900Phonological and morphological influences on vowel hiatus resolution in RutooroBickmore, Lee 0Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, USA; Department of Linguistics and Language Practice, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South AfricaWhen 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 strategies are employed to resolve vowel hiatus: deletion, gliding, diphthongisation, epenthesis, and lexical allomorphy. While some of these processes are largely phonological, there are a number of morphological factors which also play a role in determining which of the various strategies are employed. All of these are explored and discussed.https://spilplus.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/900rutoorophonologyvowel hiatusallomorphyepenthesisgliding |
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Phonological and morphological influences on vowel hiatus resolution in Rutooro |
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Phonological and morphological influences on vowel hiatus resolution in Rutooro |
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Phonological and morphological influences on vowel hiatus resolution in Rutooro |
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Phonological and morphological influences on vowel hiatus resolution in Rutooro |
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Phonological and morphological influences on vowel hiatus resolution in Rutooro |
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phonological and morphological influences on vowel hiatus resolution in rutooro |
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Stellenbosch University |
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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus |
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1726-541X 2224-3380 |
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2021-08-01 |
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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 strategies are employed to resolve vowel hiatus: deletion, gliding, diphthongisation, epenthesis, and lexical allomorphy. While some of these processes are largely phonological, there are a number of morphological factors which also play a role in determining which of the various strategies are employed. All of these are explored and discussed. |
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