Vowel harmony in Klao linear and nonlinear analyses

Klao, a Kru language spoken in Liberia, has a nine-vowel system. Like most other Kru languages, it displays harmony sensitive to pharyngeal constriction (tongue-root retraction). What gives the Klao vowel-harmony system special interest is the fact that a great deal of variation occurs, suggesting t...

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Autor principal:	John Victor Singler
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1983
Materias:	Klao Kru vowel harmony Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:20a279450bd54b99ab8022023ba5d9d42021-11-19T03:55:44ZVowel harmony in Klao linear and nonlinear analyses10.32473/sal.v14i1.1075340039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/20a279450bd54b99ab8022023ba5d9d41983-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107534https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XKlao, a Kru language spoken in Liberia, has a nine-vowel system. Like most other Kru languages, it displays harmony sensitive to pharyngeal constriction (tongue-root retraction). What gives the Klao vowel-harmony system special interest is the fact that a great deal of variation occurs, suggesting that vowel harmony is in some way optional. This provides a counter-example to the claim (made in Clements [1977l) that root-controlled vowel harmony is always obligatory. Given this optionality, the question arises as to which model best captures the facts of Klao vowel harmony. 'l,w frameworks are considered: one, along the lines of Anderson [1930], treats vowel harmony as one more assimilation rule, and the other, following the model found in Clements [1981] handles vowel harmony autosegmentally.John Victor SinglerLibraryPress@UFarticleKlaoKruvowel harmonyPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 14, Iss 1 (1983)
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spellingShingle	Klao Kru vowel harmony Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 John Victor Singler Vowel harmony in Klao linear and nonlinear analyses
description	Klao, a Kru language spoken in Liberia, has a nine-vowel system. Like most other Kru languages, it displays harmony sensitive to pharyngeal constriction (tongue-root retraction). What gives the Klao vowel-harmony system special interest is the fact that a great deal of variation occurs, suggesting that vowel harmony is in some way optional. This provides a counter-example to the claim (made in Clements [1977l) that root-controlled vowel harmony is always obligatory. Given this optionality, the question arises as to which model best captures the facts of Klao vowel harmony. 'l,w frameworks are considered: one, along the lines of Anderson [1930], treats vowel harmony as one more assimilation rule, and the other, following the model found in Clements [1981] handles vowel harmony autosegmentally.
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Vowel harmony in Klao linear and nonlinear analyses

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