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Andrea Heiberg, University of Arizona
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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" |
k z |
k z n |
k zlar |
k zlar n |
| "face" |
yüz |
yüzün |
yüzler |
yüzlerin |
| "stamp" |
pul |
pulun |
pullar |
pullar n |
| "hand" |
el |
elin |
eller |
ellerin |
| "stalk" |
sap |
sap n |
saplar |
saplar n |
| "village" |
köy |
köyün |
köyler |
köylerin |
| "end" |
son |
sonun |
sonlar |
sonlar n |
Vowel feature analysis
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i |
(I) |
ü (U) |
u |
e |
a |
ö (O) |
o |
| high |
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+ |
+ |
+ |
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| back |
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+ |
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+ |
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+ |
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+ |
| round |
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+ |
+ |
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