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A Critique of Suprasegmental Theories of Vowel Harmony

  • Robert M. Vago
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Issues in Vowel Harmony
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© 1980 John Benjamins Publishing Company

© 1980 John Benjamins Publishing Company

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Table of contents ix
  4. Introduction xi
  5. Problems and Perspectives in the Description of Vowel Harmony 1
  6. A Formal Theory of Vowel Harmony 49
  7. Issues in the Description of Turkish Vowel Harmony 63
  8. Regular Disharmony in Kirghiz 89
  9. Mongolian Vocalic Features and the Problem of Harmony 101
  10. The Underlying Representation of Harmonizing Vowels 113
  11. A Concrete Analysis of Hungarian Vowel Harmony 135
  12. A Critique of Suprasegmental Theories of Vowel Harmony 155
  13. Voice-Quality Harmony in Western Nilotic Languages 183
  14. Nez Perce Vowel Harmony 201
  15. Vowel Harmony and Morphophonemic Rules 237
  16. The Psychological and Sociological Reality of Finnish Vowel Harmony 245
  17. Using Asymmetrical and Gradient Data in the Study of Vowel Harmony 271
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.6.09vag

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Table of contents ix
  4. Introduction xi
  5. Problems and Perspectives in the Description of Vowel Harmony 1
  6. A Formal Theory of Vowel Harmony 49
  7. Issues in the Description of Turkish Vowel Harmony 63
  8. Regular Disharmony in Kirghiz 89
  9. Mongolian Vocalic Features and the Problem of Harmony 101
  10. The Underlying Representation of Harmonizing Vowels 113
  11. A Concrete Analysis of Hungarian Vowel Harmony 135
  12. A Critique of Suprasegmental Theories of Vowel Harmony 155
  13. Voice-Quality Harmony in Western Nilotic Languages 183
  14. Nez Perce Vowel Harmony 201
  15. Vowel Harmony and Morphophonemic Rules 237
  16. The Psychological and Sociological Reality of Finnish Vowel Harmony 245
  17. Using Asymmetrical and Gradient Data in the Study of Vowel Harmony 271
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