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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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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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. |
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parasitic assimilation consonant harmony vowel harmony Yowlumne Kalasha |
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