Asymmetric vowel harmony in Greenlandic fringe dialects

This paper deals with a phenomenon characteristic ofcertain regional varieties of Greenlandic Eskimo,viz. the so-called "i-dialect" in which /i/ has replaced/u/ in a great many instances. It is shownthat this vowel shift is due to distant assimilation,and the resultant pattern is referred...

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Main Author: Rischel, Jørgen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Institute of Phonetics University of Copenhagen 1975
Subjects:
eskimo*
greenlandic
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/ARIPUC/article/view/130970
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spelling ftkbcopenhojs:oai:ojs.tidsskrift.dk:article/130970 2023-05-15T16:06:41+02:00 Asymmetric vowel harmony in Greenlandic fringe dialects Rischel, Jørgen 1975-03-19 application/pdf https://tidsskrift.dk/ARIPUC/article/view/130970 eng eng Institute of Phonetics University of Copenhagen https://tidsskrift.dk/ARIPUC/article/view/130970/176581 https://tidsskrift.dk/ARIPUC/article/view/130970 Copyright (c) 1975 Author Annual Report of the Institute of Phonetics University of Copenhagen; Vol. 9 (1975): Annual Report of the Institute of Phonetics University of Copenhagen 1-48 ARIPUC; Årg. 9 (1975): Annual Report of the Institute of Phonetics University of Copenhagen 2794-3224 0589-6681 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1975 ftkbcopenhojs 2022-07-13T22:50:52Z This paper deals with a phenomenon characteristic ofcertain regional varieties of Greenlandic Eskimo,viz. the so-called "i-dialect" in which /i/ has replaced/u/ in a great many instances. It is shownthat this vowel shift is due to distant assimilation,and the resultant pattern is referred to as a case of "asymmetric" vowel harmony. Various descriptivemodels accounting for this pattern, and their possibleimplications for hypotheses about internalizedgrammar, are discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* greenlandic Tidsskrift.dk (The Royal Library, Denmark)
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description This paper deals with a phenomenon characteristic ofcertain regional varieties of Greenlandic Eskimo,viz. the so-called "i-dialect" in which /i/ has replaced/u/ in a great many instances. It is shownthat this vowel shift is due to distant assimilation,and the resultant pattern is referred to as a case of "asymmetric" vowel harmony. Various descriptivemodels accounting for this pattern, and their possibleimplications for hypotheses about internalizedgrammar, are discussed.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Rischel, Jørgen
spellingShingle Rischel, Jørgen
Asymmetric vowel harmony in Greenlandic fringe dialects
author_facet Rischel, Jørgen
author_sort Rischel, Jørgen
title Asymmetric vowel harmony in Greenlandic fringe dialects
title_short Asymmetric vowel harmony in Greenlandic fringe dialects
title_full Asymmetric vowel harmony in Greenlandic fringe dialects
title_fullStr Asymmetric vowel harmony in Greenlandic fringe dialects
title_full_unstemmed Asymmetric vowel harmony in Greenlandic fringe dialects
title_sort asymmetric vowel harmony in greenlandic fringe dialects
publisher Institute of Phonetics University of Copenhagen
publishDate 1975
url https://tidsskrift.dk/ARIPUC/article/view/130970
genre eskimo*
greenlandic
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greenlandic
op_source Annual Report of the Institute of Phonetics University of Copenhagen; Vol. 9 (1975): Annual Report of the Institute of Phonetics University of Copenhagen
1-48
ARIPUC; Årg. 9 (1975): Annual Report of the Institute of Phonetics University of Copenhagen
2794-3224
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