Ordered Rules and the Morphophonemics of the N-Class in Swahili. York Papers in Linguistics, No. 2 [microform] / D. L. Goyvaerts
- Bib ID:
- 5284041
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Goyvaerts, D. L
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED102809
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1972
- 6 p.
- Summary:
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This article argues for a set of ordered rules for morphophonemic alternations in the N-class in Swahili, positing /n/ as the class prefix and an abstract segment as stem initial in certain words. The rules are: (1) liquids and the labial glide become corresponding voiced stops; (2) the nasal prefix assimilates in coronality and backness, and becomes syllabic in monosyllables; (3) nonsyllabic nasals are deleted before nasals and voiceless consonants; and (4) a glide (/y/) is inserted before the nasal prefix and a vowel. Arguments are presented bearing on the appropriate use of historical evidence for synchronic analyses and on the constraints on abstraction in the grammar. (AM)
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- York Univ. (England). Language Teaching Centre
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