Vowel harmony, a phonological process whereby adjacent vowels share values of a
phonological feature, has raised important challenges for generative phonology, particularly …

To what extent do complex phonological patterns require the postulation of universal
mechanisms specific to language? In this volume, we explore the Emergent Hypothesis, that …

This thesis presents a descriptive study of the phonetics, phonology and morphology of
Nuer. It contributes to the study of the language by dealing with the phenomena that has little …

Abstract Earlier studies (eg, Casali 2003, 2008) have presented evidence of significant
differences in assimilatory tendencies in vowel systems that have an [ATR] contrast in high …

Второй том многотомного исследования «Языки Африки. Опыт построения
лексикостатистической классификации» целиком посвящен проблеме исторического …

This dissertation explores the interaction of reduplication and segmental mutation. Previous
studies have shown that both mutation and reduplication can be understood as purely …

This paper uses novel data showing gradient labial harmony in Kazakh to compare Kaun's
(1995) feature-based analysis with a dispersion-based analysis in a Maximum Entropy …

Nouns in Nuer (Western Nilotic) have been presented as an extreme example of inflectional
complexity, where a'chaotic'distribution of suffixes combines with dozens of different stem …

In Dinka,* a Western Nilotic language, nouns are inflected for number and distinguish
between singular and plural. The number inflection is not expressed by affixation, but by …

This paper describes and analyses the vowel-harmony system of the Kordofanian language
Moro. Moro has a cross-height dominant-recessive raising harmony system in which high …