A split analysis of nasal harmony in Mbyá

<p>This paper proposes an optimality theoretic analysis of nasal harmony in Mbyá Guaraní. I propose that nasal harmony in Mbyá is best understood as the product of two distinct phenomena: (i) nasal harmony between adjacent syllable nuclei and (ii) nasal coarticulation from a vowel to an adjace...

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Main Author: Guillaume Pierre Yves Thomas
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2015-04-01
Series:Revista Linguística
Online Access:https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rl/article/view/4605