Phonological processes in the noun class system of lama.

The purpose of this paper is to account for the phonological processes taking place within noun classes and across noun classes in Lama, particularly when some class suffixes are attached to noun stems. This study is therefore an overview of the noun class phonology. After an introduction to the pho...

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Autor principal: Meterwa A. Ourso
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b2bfe9314b30490a9e0d8eaa3a8483562021-11-19T03:54:40ZPhonological processes in the noun class system of lama.10.32473/sal.v20i2.1074520039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/b2bfe9314b30490a9e0d8eaa3a8483561989-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107452https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThe purpose of this paper is to account for the phonological processes taking place within noun classes and across noun classes in Lama, particularly when some class suffixes are attached to noun stems. This study is therefore an overview of the noun class phonology. After an introduction to the phonology and to the noun class system, we will examine specific phonological problems. It will be shown that when some root final sounds are in contact with some suffixes, they undergo structural changes, namely, assimilation, vowel truncation, and root controlled vowel harmony.Meterwa A. OursoLibraryPress@UFarticlenoun classphonologyLamasuffixestruncationassimilationPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 20, Iss 2 (1989)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
FR
topic noun class
phonology
Lama
suffixes
truncation
assimilation
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
spellingShingle noun class
phonology
Lama
suffixes
truncation
assimilation
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Meterwa A. Ourso
Phonological processes in the noun class system of lama.
description The purpose of this paper is to account for the phonological processes taking place within noun classes and across noun classes in Lama, particularly when some class suffixes are attached to noun stems. This study is therefore an overview of the noun class phonology. After an introduction to the phonology and to the noun class system, we will examine specific phonological problems. It will be shown that when some root final sounds are in contact with some suffixes, they undergo structural changes, namely, assimilation, vowel truncation, and root controlled vowel harmony.
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author Meterwa A. Ourso
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title Phonological processes in the noun class system of lama.
title_short Phonological processes in the noun class system of lama.
title_full Phonological processes in the noun class system of lama.
title_fullStr Phonological processes in the noun class system of lama.
title_full_unstemmed Phonological processes in the noun class system of lama.
title_sort phonological processes in the noun class system of lama.
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