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I CANT DO [LABIAL]!TodayContinue Tongue Body[dorsal][back][high][low]

Palatalized consonants[back]Russian

Palatalisation /rj/ [+cons] [+cont] Pl Blade Body [cor] [bk] /bj/ [+cons] [cont] Pl Lips Body [lab] [bk]

Palatalisation /kj/ [+cons] [cont] Pl Lips Body [dor] [bk]

Floating [back] targets consonants?-jonok DIM, /ut-/ duck vs. /utj-onok/-jonok DIM, /orjol-/ eagle vs. /orlj-onok/-juga PEJOR, /vor-/ thief vs. /vorj-uga/-jsk ADJ, /general-/ general vs. /generalj-skij/-jsk ADJ, /volg-/ Volga vs. /vol-skij/-jba ?, /sud-/ judge vs. /sudj-ba/ fate-jba ?, /drug-/ friend vs. /dru-ba/ friendshipZoquepatamatpjatahis matbuuburrobjuuhis burrofahabeltfjahahis beltmulamulemjulahis mulewakascowwjakashis cowkamacornfieldkjamahis cornfieldgajuroostergjajuhis roosterhajahhusbandhjajahhis husbandatsiolder brotherjatsihis older brother

Vowel harmonyVowels in classical Mongolian words are all...[back][kgegyn] boy[ktelbyri] instruction[+back][uuta] bag

Hungariantofroma.rmjoyrm-nkrm-tlidtimeid-nkid-tltmegcrowdtmeg-nktmeg-tlb.hzhousehz-nkhz-tolvroscityvros-nkvros-tolmokussquirrelmokus-nkmokus-tol

Hungariantofroma.vizwaterviz-nkviz-tlkeknifeke-nkke-tlb.kintorturekin-nkkin-tolhidbridgehid-nkhid-toltseltargettsel-nktsel-tol

HungarianExceptional class of roots with [back] /i, e/ which nonetheless take a [+back] suffix?The root morpheme has a floating [+back] feature (Ringen and Vago 1998:399; also Clements 1977, Hulst and Smith 1985, Kiparsky 1981, etc.)

Chamorro (Marianas Islands) a.hulttonguei hiltthe tongueb.fogonstovei fegonthe stovec.lhimani lhithe mand.huloupsn hiloin the direction upe.tuoto knowin tiowe (excl.) knowen tioyou (pl.) know

EnglishModern English: goose vs. geeseOld English: gos vs. gosi

Modern English: tooth vs. teethOld English: to vs. toi.

Ainu (Japan): transitivizera.hum-ito chop upmus-ito chokepok-ito lowerhop-ito leave behindkar-ito rotatesar-ito look backb.pir-uto wipekir-uto alterket-uto rubrek-uto ringHanoi vs. Hue Vietnameseststbooknelder brotherttbe littlennarriveHanoi vs. Hue Vietnamesettnoise, soundnknkwatertiptipcontinueppto perfume

Hanoi vs. Hue Vietnamesemtmkonexwtxukto exitlwtluklawtkpimentobietbkknowtkto break

Hanoi vs. Hue Vietnamesenbe tastyxwnxuto exittwntuweekhnhbe morexnxcommendvnvgardenHue Vietnamese [cons] [+cons] # Place Place [cont] Body Body Blade [+back] [+ant][dist][cor]Karaim (Turkic, Lithuania) ku-lr-dn servant-pl-abl vs. kun-lr-dn day-pl-abl. stemablativea.suvsuv-dnwatertt-tnstoneb.kunkun-dndaymenmen-dnIkopkop-tnvery

Acadian French[ka]case[kt]cost[kote]side[gar]station[gt]drop (N.)

[k] ~ [k] ~ [t] tail[kir] ~ [kir] ~ [tir]leather/to cook[ok] ~ [ok] ~ [ot]no, not any[ki] ~ [ki] ~ [ti]who[k] ~ [k] ~ [t]quay[kr] ~ [kr] ~ [tr]heart[sarkj] ~ [sarkj] ~ [sartj]coffin[gte] ~ [gte] ~ [dte]to watch for[gl] ~ [gl] ~ [dl]mouthTwo processes, both variablePalatalization [back] feature spreads from front vowel onto a preceding velar consonant which consequenly becomes palatalized.Coronalization Switch from [dorsal, back] to [coronal, anterior, +distributed].Vowels

i, y, , , , , u, e, , , , , o, a, , [high]++[low]++[back]+++Interdisciplinary Language Research:Relevance and Application (Fall 2009 Graduate Workshops)Sound Research: Phonetics and/or/vs Phonology

Friday, October 30 at 2:00 pmLanguage Research Center, CHD 419

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