Re: THEORY: vowel harmony [was CHAT: Another NatLang i like]
| From: | Matt Pearson <mpearson@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 25, 1999, 6:14 |
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Nik Taylor wrote:
>dirk elzinga wrote:
>> Features
>> which do trigger harmony include: fronting/backing, rounding, or tongue
>> root advancement/retraction.
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>Don't forget nasalization. There are languages wherein all vowels must
>be either nasal or oral.
Really? I know of languages with nasal *spread* (Mixtec, for example),
but I've never heard of a language with nasal *harmony*. Examples?
Matt.
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