Trends in the Study of Languages & Linguistics in Nigeria: A Festschrift for Philip Akụjụọobi NwachukwuOzo-mekuri Ndimele |
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... vowels within a phonological word 2 agree for some feature specification . In his study of the vowel harmony in Ewe , Clements ( 1974 : 281 ) noted the role of tongue root advancing ( ATR ) in the so - called " horizontal " vowel ...
... vowels within a phonological word 2 agree for some feature specification . In his study of the vowel harmony in Ewe , Clements ( 1974 : 281 ) noted the role of tongue root advancing ( ATR ) in the so - called " horizontal " vowel ...
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... vowel harmony . The latter not only operates throughout words , it also operates across word boundaries . The MD vowel harmony system is , in most cases , a kind of vowel copying in which vowels of morphemes or words assimilate other vowels ...
... vowel harmony . The latter not only operates throughout words , it also operates across word boundaries . The MD vowel harmony system is , in most cases , a kind of vowel copying in which vowels of morphemes or words assimilate other vowels ...
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... vowel from the narrow set . It is he if preceded by a vowel of the wide set ( 2.4 ( i - p ) ) . In the same vein , the third person object pronoun ( singular ) is pronounced ya when it follows a narrow vowel , but it is realized as ye ...
... vowel from the narrow set . It is he if preceded by a vowel of the wide set ( 2.4 ( i - p ) ) . In the same vein , the third person object pronoun ( singular ) is pronounced ya when it follows a narrow vowel , but it is realized as ye ...
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Nwachukwu as a Celebrity | 1 |
The Poets Corner | 15 |
Applied Linguistics Sociolinguistics | 21 |
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