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| Title: | Some auditory and acoustic observations on the phonetics of [ATR] harmony in a speaker of a dialect of Kalenjin |
| Author: | John Local |
| Institution: | University of York |
| Author: | Ken Lodge |
| Institution: | University of East Anglia |
| Linguistic Field: | Phonology; Phonetics |
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Kalenjin
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| Abstract: | Conventional treatments of vowel harmony processes routinely make two important assumptions: first, only vowels are implicated in the harmonic process and second, the phonologically relevant harmony features have a transparent (intrinsic) phonetic interpretation (IPI). Consonants are typically treated only insofar as they interfere with such harmony (van der Hulst and van der Weijer 1995 provide a concise overview of harmony processes and their interpretation). Phonetic data on 'advanced tongue root' [ATR] harmony in the Tugen dialect of Kalenjin appears to challenge both these assumptions. |
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This article appears in Journal of the International Phonetic Association Vol. 34, Issue 1, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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