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| Title: | Neutral vowels in sound-symbolic vowel harmony in Korean |
| Author: | Darrell Larsen |
| Institution: | University of Delaware |
| Author: | Jeffrey N. Heinz |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Homepage: | http://www.ling.udel.edu/people/jeffrey-heinz |
| Institution: | University of Delaware |
| Linguistic Field: | Phonology |
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Korean
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| Abstract: | The set of neutral vowels in the vowel-harmony pattern found in Modern Korean sound-symbolic words is traditionally considered to consist of two members: [i] and [ɨ]. Some authors have tentatively put forward the hypothesis that [u] and [y] are also neutral. A corpus study on the phonotactics of Korean sound-symbolic vowel harmony provides quantitative support both for the traditional understanding of [i] and [ɨ] as neutral vowels and for the tentative hypothesis that [u] and [y] are also neutral. Additionally, the corpus study reveals that vowels are neutral to different degrees. The vowel [a] is shown to be partially neutral, but unlike the other neutral vowels which are transparent, [a] is partially opaque. The distribution of diphthongs is also studied. |
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This article appears in Phonology Vol. 29, Issue 3, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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