Consonant Harmony: Long-Distance Interactions in Phonology (UC Publications in Linguistics)

by Gunnar Olafur Hansson (Author)

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  2011

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  A survey of consonant harmony in the world's languages. It reveals surprising diversity in the featural dimensions involved, and uncovers empirical generalizations and tendencies. It develops an Optimality Theory analysis of consonant harmony as long-distance featural agreement, rather than feature spreading.