Chapter published in:
Sonic Signatures: Studies dedicated to John HarrisEdited by Geoff Lindsey and Andrew Nevins
[Language Faculty and Beyond 14] 2017
► pp. 201–214
On the diachronic origin of Nivkh height restrictions
Hidetoshi Shiraishi | Sapporo Gakuin University
Bert Botma | Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
Nivkh, a genetic isolate spoken in the Russian Far East, displays a pattern of stress-dependent height restrictions in a linguistic area where tongue-root harmony is prevalent. We argue that the Nivkh pattern derives from an earlier tongue-root system. This system developed into a height-based system following the loss of tongue-root contrasts in high vowels, in much the same way as has been proposed for dialects of Manchu.
Keywords: Nivkh, Manchu-Tungus, vowel harmony, vowel reduction, Element Theory, language contact, areal linguistics, diachronic linguistics, fieldwork
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Height harmony and TR harmony in Manchu
- 3.From TR harmony to height harmony: The case of Sanjiazi Manchu
- 4.Vowel co-occurrence restrictions in Nivkh
- 5.From TR harmony to height restrictions: The case of Nivkh
- 6.Conclusion
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References
Published online: 30 November 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.14.c12
https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.14.c12
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