Underspecification and low vowel harmony in Okpe

This paper examines the effect of [ATR] vowel harmony on low vowels in Okpe, an Edoid language of Nigeria. The relevant facts can be summarized as follows: Low vowel stems condition [-ATR] forms on affixes. Low vowel affixes surface as [+low] in [-ATR] contexts and as [-low] when in [+ATR] contexts....

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Published in:Studies in African Linguistics
Main Author: Douglas Pulleyblank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LibraryPress@UF 1986-08-01
Subjects:
vowel harmony
[ATR]
Okpe
Edoid
syllabification
phonology
Online Access:https://ojs.test.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107490

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