Internal evidence for final vowel lowering in Hausa

Internal factors involving phonotactic asymmetries and irregular morphological alternations suggest that final */uu/ in Hausa historically lowered to /oo/ when the preceding syllable contained /aa/, e.g. *kwaacfoo 'frog' < *kwaacfuu. (Note: L tone is indicated by a grave accent, H tone...

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Autor principal:	Paul Newman
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1990
Materias:	Hausa morphology diachrony plural vowels Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3135c9e18fa446238b842abdde23ad032021-11-19T03:54:29ZInternal evidence for final vowel lowering in Hausa10.32473/sal.v21i2.1074360039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/3135c9e18fa446238b842abdde23ad031990-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107436https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XInternal factors involving phonotactic asymmetries and irregular morphological alternations suggest that final /uu/ in Hausa historically lowered to /oo/ when the preceding syllable contained /aa/, e.g. kwaacfoo 'frog' < *kwaacfuu. (Note: L tone is indicated by a grave accent, H tone is left unmarked. Long vowels are indicated by double letters.) The aim of this paper is to present evidence supporting this proposal and to suggest implications of the historical vowel change for one of Hausa's many plural formations, the ablaut plural. (For background studies on the history of vowels in Hausa and Chadic, see Barreteau [1987], Frajzyngier [1986], Newman [l979b], Parsons [1970], Schuh [1984], and Wolff [1983].)Paul NewmanLibraryPress@UFarticleHausamorphologydiachronypluralvowelsPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 21, Iss 2 (1990)
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topic	Hausa morphology diachrony plural vowels Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Hausa morphology diachrony plural vowels Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Paul Newman Internal evidence for final vowel lowering in Hausa
description	Internal factors involving phonotactic asymmetries and irregular morphological alternations suggest that final /uu/ in Hausa historically lowered to /oo/ when the preceding syllable contained /aa/, e.g. kwaacfoo 'frog' < *kwaacfuu. (Note: L tone is indicated by a grave accent, H tone is left unmarked. Long vowels are indicated by double letters.) The aim of this paper is to present evidence supporting this proposal and to suggest implications of the historical vowel change for one of Hausa's many plural formations, the ablaut plural. (For background studies on the history of vowels in Hausa and Chadic, see Barreteau [1987], Frajzyngier [1986], Newman [l979b], Parsons [1970], Schuh [1984], and Wolff [1983].)
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Internal evidence for final vowel lowering in Hausa

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