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Some auditory and acoustic observations on the phonetics of [ATR] harmony in a speaker of a dialect of Kalenjin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2004

John Local  and
Ken Lodge
John Local
Affiliation:
University of York, lang4@york.ac.uk
Ken Lodge
Affiliation:
University of East Anglia, K.lodge@uea.ac.uk
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Abstract

Conventional treatments of vowel harmony processes routinely make two important assumptions: first, only vowels are implicated in the harmonic process and second, the phonologically relevant harmony features have a transparent (intrinsic) phonetic interpretation (IPI). Consonants are typically treated only insofar as they interfere with such harmony (van der Hulst & van der Weijer 1995 provide a concise overview of harmony processes and their interpretation). Phonetic data on ‘advanced tongue root’ [ATR] harmony in the Tugen dialect of Kalenjin appears to challenge both these assumptions.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , January 2004 , pp. 1 - 16
Copyright
© Journal of the International Phonetic Association 2004

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