A systemized explanation for vowel phoneme change in the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in Zulu
This article offers a systematic and comprehensive account of vowel changes that take place in the inadmissible phonological sequence /VV/ within a word in Zulu. Instead of discussing vowel changes in terms of vowel coalescence, vowel elision and glide insertion (as is conventionally done) this app...
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This article offers a systematic and comprehensive account of vowel changes that take place in the inadmissible phonological sequence /VV/ within a word in Zulu. Instead of discussing vowel changes in terms of vowel coalescence, vowel elision and glide insertion (as is conventionally done) this approach discusses the vowel changes with regard to the position of the two juxtaposed vowel phonemes on the vowel chart. The resultant form is predictable in terms of five basic combinatory possibilities, namely that the first vowel is a higher vowel than the second; the first vowel is a lower vowel than the second; the first vowel is a front vowel while the second is a back vowel; the first vowel is a back vowel while the second is a front vowel or the two vowels in the inadmissible sequence /VV/ are identical vowels. This article furthermore demonstrates that palatalisation is triggered by a semi-vowel generated by the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in the case of diminutives and locatives derived from nouns containing a bilabial or alveolar consonant in the final syllable.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ac8f0ef626244cfa37130bf319f82432023-02-19T15:04:29ZdeuUniversity of Warsaw PressStudies in African Languages and Cultures2545-21342657-41872022-12-015610.32690/56.1168A systemized explanation for vowel phoneme change in the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in ZuluLionel Posthumus0University of Johannesburg This article offers a systematic and comprehensive account of vowel changes that take place in the inadmissible phonological sequence /VV/ within a word in Zulu. Instead of discussing vowel changes in terms of vowel coalescence, vowel elision and glide insertion (as is conventionally done) this approach discusses the vowel changes with regard to the position of the two juxtaposed vowel phonemes on the vowel chart. The resultant form is predictable in terms of five basic combinatory possibilities, namely that the first vowel is a higher vowel than the second; the first vowel is a lower vowel than the second; the first vowel is a front vowel while the second is a back vowel; the first vowel is a back vowel while the second is a front vowel or the two vowels in the inadmissible sequence /VV/ are identical vowels. This article furthermore demonstrates that palatalisation is triggered by a semi-vowel generated by the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in the case of diminutives and locatives derived from nouns containing a bilabial or alveolar consonant in the final syllable. https://salc.uw.edu.pl/index.php/SALC/article/view/322vowel changes in the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in Zuluvowel coalescencevowel deletionsemi-vowel insertionvowel juxtaposingvowel hiatus in Zulu |
| spellingShingle | Lionel Posthumus A systemized explanation for vowel phoneme change in the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in Zulu Studies in African Languages and Cultures vowel changes in the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in Zulu vowel coalescence vowel deletion semi-vowel insertion vowel juxtaposing vowel hiatus in Zulu |
| title | A systemized explanation for vowel phoneme change in the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in Zulu |
| title_full | A systemized explanation for vowel phoneme change in the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in Zulu |
| title_fullStr | A systemized explanation for vowel phoneme change in the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in Zulu |
| title_full_unstemmed | A systemized explanation for vowel phoneme change in the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in Zulu |
| title_short | A systemized explanation for vowel phoneme change in the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in Zulu |
| title_sort | systemized explanation for vowel phoneme change in the inadmissible phonological structure vv in zulu |
| topic | vowel changes in the inadmissible phonological structure /VV/ in Zulu vowel coalescence vowel deletion semi-vowel insertion vowel juxtaposing vowel hiatus in Zulu |
| url | https://salc.uw.edu.pl/index.php/SALC/article/view/322 |
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