Featural Optimality Theory: A Computational Model

Andrea Heiberg, University of Arizona


Turkish vowel harmony example data

Clements, George N. and Engin Sezer. (1982). Vowel and consonant disharmony in Turkish. In Harry van der Hulst and Norval Smith, eds., The Structure of Phonological Representations, Part II. Dordrecht: Foris Publications.

Gloss Nom. sg. Gen. sg. [-in] Nom. pl. [-ler] Gen. pl. [-ler] [-in]
"rope" ip ipin ipler iplerin
"girl" kIz kIzIn kIzlar kIzlarIn
"face" yüz yüzün yüzler yüzlerin
"stamp" pul pulun pullar pullarIn
"hand" el elin eller ellerin
"stalk" sap sapIn saplar saplarIn
"village" köy köyün köyler köylerin
"end" son sonun sonlar sonlarIn

Vowel feature analysis

  i I (I) ü (U) u e a ö (O) o
high + + + +        
back   +   +   +   +
round     + +     + +

Email: andrea-heiberg@ns.arizona.edu Last updated November 29, 1998.