On Predicting Voiceless Vowels in Comanche

Comanche voiceless vowels have been analyzed by some authors as phonemic, by others as predictable. This paper reviews the controversy and concludes that voiceless vowels are largely, but not entirely, predictable. Included are several types of data that have received no mention in previous works.

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Main Author: Armagost, James L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas 1985-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/499
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description Comanche voiceless vowels have been analyzed by some authors as phonemic, by others as predictable. This paper reviews the controversy and concludes that voiceless vowels are largely, but not entirely, predictable. Included are several types of data that have received no mention in previous works.
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spelling doaj.art-7b3e3e5b12594c45bcb22ba6ca103ad52022-12-22T04:25:13ZengUniversity of KansasKansas Working Papers in Linguistics2378-76001985-01-0110335510.17161/KWPL.1808.499On Predicting Voiceless Vowels in ComancheArmagost, James L.Comanche voiceless vowels have been analyzed by some authors as phonemic, by others as predictable. This paper reviews the controversy and concludes that voiceless vowels are largely, but not entirely, predictable. Included are several types of data that have received no mention in previous works.http://hdl.handle.net/1808/499Comanche language-- Vowels
spellingShingle Armagost, James L.
On Predicting Voiceless Vowels in Comanche
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
Comanche language-- Vowels
title On Predicting Voiceless Vowels in Comanche
title_full On Predicting Voiceless Vowels in Comanche
title_fullStr On Predicting Voiceless Vowels in Comanche
title_full_unstemmed On Predicting Voiceless Vowels in Comanche
title_short On Predicting Voiceless Vowels in Comanche
title_sort on predicting voiceless vowels in comanche
topic Comanche language-- Vowels
url http://hdl.handle.net/1808/499
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