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Consonantal morphology in the Chaha verb
Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 2 (1983)
  • John J McCarthy
Abstract

In the Gurage (Ethiopian Semitic) language Chaha, erstwhile phonological processes of palatalization and labialization have been morphologized as part of the inflectional system. Specifically, under certain morphological conditions we find palatalization of a root-final velar or coronal obstruent, labialization of the rightmost labial or velar consonant in the root, or a conjunction of these two processes. The most striking aspect of this morphological system is that the labialization and palatalization apply across the board to all copies of a reduplicated root consonant.

Publication Date
1983
Editor
M. Barlow, D. Flickinger, and M. Wescoat
Publisher
Stanford Linguistics Association
Citation Information
John J McCarthy. "Consonantal morphology in the Chaha verb" Stanford, CAProceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 2 (1983)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_j_mccarthy/38/