Neutralization of contrast in the vowel system of Urhobo

Urhobo, a South Western Edoid language of the Niger-Congo family, is spoken in Delta State, Nigeria. In the synchronic phonology of the language, there are seven surface vowels: [i, e, E, a, J, 0, u], but the behavior of some vowels, especially e, 0, G, is sometimes at variance with their expected v...

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Autor principal:	Rose O. Aziza
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2008
Materias:	Tura tone Luyia Bantu aspect mood Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a90aaf6a264e4c24855f2095885be4302021-11-19T03:52:50ZNeutralization of contrast in the vowel system of Urhobo10.32473/sal.v37i1.1072970039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/a90aaf6a264e4c24855f2095885be4302008-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107297https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XUrhobo, a South Western Edoid language of the Niger-Congo family, is spoken in Delta State, Nigeria. In the synchronic phonology of the language, there are seven surface vowels: [i, e, E, a, J, 0, u], but the behavior of some vowels, especially e, 0, G, is sometimes at variance with their expected vowel behavior, indicating that there may be abstract underlying vowels /r, v, ;)1 which have merged with Ie, 0, EI. The result, when compared with sister languages such as Degema and Isoko, is that the Urhobo system appears quite complex. The focus of this paper is showing that abstract underlying /r, v, ;)1, which are Proto Edoid vowels, still have an effect in the synchronic phonology: thus, Ir, el become [e], lv, 01 become [0], and I;), EI become [E] and possibly [ a]. When we account for the 'awkward' behavior of apparent Ie, 0, E/, the Urhobo vowel system is clear and straightforward.Rose O. AzizaLibraryPress@UFarticleTuratoneLuyiaBantuaspectmoodPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 37, Iss 1 (2008)
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topic	Tura tone Luyia Bantu aspect mood Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Tura tone Luyia Bantu aspect mood Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Rose O. Aziza Neutralization of contrast in the vowel system of Urhobo
description	Urhobo, a South Western Edoid language of the Niger-Congo family, is spoken in Delta State, Nigeria. In the synchronic phonology of the language, there are seven surface vowels: [i, e, E, a, J, 0, u], but the behavior of some vowels, especially e, 0, G, is sometimes at variance with their expected vowel behavior, indicating that there may be abstract underlying vowels /r, v, ;)1 which have merged with Ie, 0, EI. The result, when compared with sister languages such as Degema and Isoko, is that the Urhobo system appears quite complex. The focus of this paper is showing that abstract underlying /r, v, ;)1, which are Proto Edoid vowels, still have an effect in the synchronic phonology: thus, Ir, el become [e], lv, 01 become [0], and I;), EI become [E] and possibly [ a]. When we account for the 'awkward' behavior of apparent Ie, 0, E/, the Urhobo vowel system is clear and straightforward.
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title_short	Neutralization of contrast in the vowel system of Urhobo
title_full	Neutralization of contrast in the vowel system of Urhobo
title_fullStr	Neutralization of contrast in the vowel system of Urhobo
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Neutralization of contrast in the vowel system of Urhobo

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