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Understanding Palatalization and Vowel Harmony Across Languages

This presentation explores the phonological concepts of palatalization and vowel harmony across different languages, including Russian, Hungarian, and Chamorro. It delves into the features that influence palatalized consonants and how they interact with vowel characteristics, such as backness and height. Case studies include Russian diminutive forms and the vowel harmony system in classical Mongolian. The discussion also highlights the relevance of these processes in broader linguistic research. Join us to uncover the fascinating interplay of sounds in language!

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Understanding Palatalization and Vowel Harmony Across Languages

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  1. LING 303 Phonology I vw

  2. I CAN’T DO [LABIAL]!

  3. Today… • Continue Tongue Body • [dorsal] • [±back] • [±high] • [±low]

  4. Palatalized consonants[–back] • Russian

  5. Palatalisation

  6. Palatalisation

  7. Floating [–back] targets consonants? • -jonok DIM, /ut-/ ‘duck’ vs. /utj-onok/ • -jonok DIM, /orjol-/ ‘eagle’ vs. /orlj-onok/ • -juga PEJOR, /vor-/ ‘thief’ vs. /vorj-uga/ • -jsk ADJ, /general-/ ‘general’ vs. /generalj-skij/ • -jsk ADJ, /volg-/ ‘Volga’ vs. /vol-skij/ • -jba ?, /sud-/ ‘judge’ vs. /sudj-ba/ ‘fate’ • -jba ?, /drug-/ ‘friend’ vs. /dru-ba/ ‘friendship’

  8. Zoque

  9. Vowel harmony • Vowels in classical Mongolian words are all... • [–back] • [køgegyn] ‘boy’ • [køtelbyri] ‘instruction’ • [+back] • [uγuta] ‘bag’

  10. Hungarian

  11. Hungarian

  12. Hungarian • Exceptional class of roots with [–back] /i, e/ which nonetheless take a [+back] suffix? • “The root morpheme has a floating [+back] feature” (Ringen and Vago 1998:399; also Clements 1977, Hulst and Smith 1985, Kiparsky 1981, etc.)

  13. Chamorro (Marianas Islands)

  14. English Modern English: goose vs. geese Old English: gos vs. gosi Modern English: tooth vs. teeth Old English: toθ vs. toθi.

  15. Ainu (Japan): transitivizer

  16. Hanoi vs. Hue Vietnamese

  17. Hanoi vs. Hue Vietnamese

  18. Hanoi vs. Hue Vietnamese

  19. Hanoi vs. Hue Vietnamese

  20. Hue Vietnamese

  21. Karaim (Turkic, Lithuania) • ku-lr-dn ‘servant-pl-abl’ vs. kun-lr-dn ‘day-pl-abl’.

  22. Acadian French

  23. Two processes, both variable • Palatalization [–back] feature spreads from front vowel onto a preceding velar consonant which consequenly becomes palatalized. • Coronalization Switch from [dorsal, –back] to [coronal, –anterior, +distributed].

  24. Vowels

  25. Interdisciplinary Language Research:Relevance and Application (Fall 2009 Graduate Workshops) Sound Research: Phonetics and/or/vs Phonology Friday, October 30 at 2:00 pmLanguage Research Center, CHD 419 All are welcome to attendRefreshments

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