Essays about: "Vowel harmony"

Found 2 essays containing the words Vowel harmony.

1. 1. Aspects of phonology in Eboo-Nzikou (Bantu B74)

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Ruth Raharimanantsoa; [2012-06-27]
   Keywords : African linguistics; Bantu languages; Congo-Brazzaville; Teke; Eboo-Nzikou; Proto-Bantu; phonology; advanced tongue root harmony; consonant loss; vowel assimilation; vowel splits; nasalisation;

   Abstract : This paper describes aspects of the phonology of Eboo-Nzikou which forms part of the Teke language group (Bantu B70) spoken in Congo-Brazzaville. It posits that Eboo and Nzikou are phonologically the same variety of Teke. Proto-Bantu reconstructions, as well as two previous phonological sketches of Eboo are taken as the basis for this study. READ MORE

3. 2. Vowel Harmony in Bale : A study of ATR harmony in a Surmic language of Ethiopia

   University essay from Stockholms universitet; Institutionen för lingvistik; Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Mirjam Möller; [2009]
   Keywords : Vowel harmony; African linguistics; phonology; ATR; Surmic languages; Bale; Kacipo-Balesi; nominal suffixes;

   Abstract : ATR, advanced tongue root, is a phonological feature among vowels. As vowels assimilate to share the same value of that feature, they display ATR harmony. This is a common phenomenon among many African languages. ATR harmony is examined in this paper as manifested across morpheme boundaries wihin nouns in a Surmic language of Ethiopia called Bale. READ MORE