Asymmetries in Vowel Harmony: A Representational Account

by Harry van der Hulst

This book deals with the phenomenon of vowel harmony, a phonological process whereby all the vowels in a word are required to share a specific phonological property, such as front or back articulation. Vowel harmony occurs in the majority of languages of the world, though only in very few European languages, and has been a central concern in phonological theory for many years. In this volume, Harry van der Hulst puts forward a new theory of vowel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198813570
• ISBN13: 9780198813576
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"