Two types of parasitic assimilation

Authors

  • Peter Jurgec Meertens Institute, Amsterdam & Leiden University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/12.2503

Keywords:

parasitic assimilation, consonant harmony, vowel harmony, Yowlumne, Kalasha

Abstract

This paper shows that consonant harmony and parasitic vowel harmony are more similar than previously assumed. I provide a unified and restrictive analysis of parasitic assimilation using feature spreading constraints. In particular, I attribute the differences between the attested and unattested patterns to two types of markedness constraints—alignment and agreement.

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Published

2013-02-15

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 1 (2013): Special XL Issue

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