Abstract
dc:descriptionIn this study, I will try to show that vowel harmony in Nez Perce and Korean can be described as a (-ATR) spreading rule. The assumption that the harmonizing feature is (-ATR) is based on Hall and Hall (1980) in the case of Nez Perce, and on Hwang's formant analysis (1983) in the case of Korean. By using radical underspecification and a hierarchical theory of feature structure as the framework of analysis, vowel harmony will be described as a feature spreading rule: spread (-ATR), and the transparency of neutral vowels in the harmonizing process will be accounted for. On the other hand, I will show that in Korean there was a historical change in the type and nature of vowel harmony.
Degree
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- University of Ottawa (Canada)
- Year dc:date
- 2009
Author and committee
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- Song, Jung-Sook.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Pulleyblank, D.,
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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 30-03, page: 0475.
9780315623361
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-14561 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:ruor.uottawa.ca:10393/5841