Contrast and Similarity in Consonant Harmony Processes

This thesis deals with the nature and definition of phonological similarity and shows that, when similarity plays a role in the motivation of phonological processes, it is evaluated over abstract, phonological features and not purely phonetic properties. Empirical evidence for this position is drawn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mackenzie, Sara
Other Authors: Dresher, B. Elan
Language:en_ca
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/17474