Two types of parasitic assimilation

This paper shows that consonant harmony and parasitic vowel harmony are more similar than previously assumed. I provide a unified and restrictive analysis of parasitic assimilation using feature spreading constraints. In particular, I attribute the differences between the attested and unattested...

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Main Author: Peter Jurgec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2013-02-01
Series:Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/2503
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spelling doaj-a42f3872ac29464c906c76cadee852ad2020-11-24T22:04:13ZengSeptentrio Academic PublishingNordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics1503-85992013-02-0140110.7557/12.25032327Two types of parasitic assimilationPeter Jurgec0Meertens Institute, Amsterdam & Leiden University This paper shows that consonant harmony and parasitic vowel harmony are more similar than previously assumed. I provide a unified and restrictive analysis of parasitic assimilation using feature spreading constraints. In particular, I attribute the differences between the attested and unattested patterns to two types of markedness constraints—alignment and agreement.https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/2503parasitic assimilationconsonant harmonyvowel harmonyYowlumneKalasha
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Two types of parasitic assimilation
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
parasitic assimilation
consonant harmony
vowel harmony
Yowlumne
Kalasha
author_facet Peter Jurgec
author_sort Peter Jurgec
title Two types of parasitic assimilation
title_short Two types of parasitic assimilation
title_full Two types of parasitic assimilation
title_fullStr Two types of parasitic assimilation
title_full_unstemmed Two types of parasitic assimilation
title_sort two types of parasitic assimilation
publisher Septentrio Academic Publishing
series Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
issn 1503-8599
publishDate 2013-02-01
description This paper shows that consonant harmony and parasitic vowel harmony are more similar than previously assumed. I provide a unified and restrictive analysis of parasitic assimilation using feature spreading constraints. In particular, I attribute the differences between the attested and unattested patterns to two types of markedness constraints—alignment and agreement.
topic parasitic assimilation
consonant harmony
vowel harmony
Yowlumne
Kalasha
url https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/2503
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