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ToolsLocal, John and Lodge, Ken (1996) Another travesty of Representation: phonological representation and phonetic interpretation of ATR harmony in Kalenjin. York Papers in Linguistics, 17. pp. 77-117.
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The Kalenjin group of languages, spoken mainly in western Kenya, displays a harmony system involving the phonological feature Advanced Tongue Root ([ATR]). The study reported here addresses issues of the phonological representation of the [ATR] in Kalenjin and its phonetic interpretation. Specifically, it is shown that (1) the harmony system encompasses the consonant system as well as the vowel system; (2) [AIR] is best characterized as a phonological unit that has a syllabic domain; (3) there are harmony constraints on the constituents of monomorphemic polysyllables; and (4) the phonetic exponents of [ATR] harmony provide evidence for the need to maintain a strict demarcation between an abstract, relational phonology and interpretive phonetic exponents. It is argued that a straightforward way of handling the [ATR] harmony system is in terms of underspecification, and it is proposed that a formal implementation of the analysis can be constructed in terms of constraints on structured hierarchies of features that permit partial specification and structure sharing, combined with a phonetic interpretation function.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Language and Communication Studies (former - to 2014) |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2022 08:31 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2022 06:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/85556 |
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