Xinkan Vowel Harmony Revisited
Keywords
Xinkan languages, mesoamerica, lingusitics
Abstract
The Xinkan languages have been described as exhibiting a unique type of vowel harmony within the Mesoamerican linguistic area. However, these analyses have not considered the phonologically complementary distribution of vowels, leading to proposals suggesting that two separate constraints are needed: lexical stipulation within morphemes and harmonic assimilation between morphemes. However, a more unified analysis of Xinkan vowel harmony is possible—one involving only four contrastive vowels and an extrasegmental feature [-high], rather than the six vowels posited previously.
Original Publication Citation
" Xinkan vowel harmony revisited, submitted to Journal of Anthropological Linguistics; submitted March 2018, revisions requested June 2018."
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Rogers, Chris Ph.D., "Xinkan Vowel Harmony Revisited" (2018). Faculty Publications. 6699.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6699
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
Anthropological Linguistics
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
Linguistics
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