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Vowel features and umlaut in Fjingili, Nyangumarda and Warlpiri

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2008

Harry van der Hulst  and
Norval Smith
Harry van der Hulst
Affiliation:
Dutch Lexicological Institute (INL)/University of Leiden
Norval Smith
Affiliation:
University of Amsterdam
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In this article we will analyse a number of phonological processes occurring in three Australian Aboriginal languages, all of which involve changes of vowels or sequences of vowels under the influence of neighbouring vowels or consonants. The rules which we will propose will be referred to as UMLAUT rules. Our goal is to investigate how these rules and the forms to which they apply can best be described in an autosegmental model.

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Research Article
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Phonology , Volume 2 , May 1985 , pp. 277 - 303
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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A number of people helped us to arrive at this final version by commenting on earlier versions or oral presentations: Nick Clements, Colin Ewen, John Goldsmith, Paul Kiparsky, John Rennison, Catherine Ringen, Robert Vago, Jean-Roger Vergnaud, and three anonymous Phonology Yearbook reviewers.

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