ABSTRACT

First published in 1991. In this study, the author investigates the proper treatment of harmony processes in phonological theory. The data examined lead to a formulation of morphologically governed harmony processes which involves multi-planar representations. The analysis of multi-planar harmony leads into a discussion of Plane Conflation and Bracket Erasure in Lexical Phonology. This title will be of great interest to students of linguistics.

chapter 1|19 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|17 pages

Blocking in Parasitic Harmony

chapter 3|15 pages

Consonant Symbolism

chapter 4|63 pages

Morphologically Governed Harmony

chapter 5|61 pages

Plane Conflation

chapter 6|23 pages

Case Studies in Planar Phonology