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Three Puzzles for Phonological Theory in Philippine Minority Languages
- Oceanic Linguistics
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 60, Number 2, December 2021
- pp. 474-484
- 10.1353/ol.2021.0014
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Abstract:
This squib describes three theoretically challenging phonological processes found in the Manide, Inagta Alabat, and Umiray Dumaget languages spoken on the large northern Philippine island of Luzon. These three well-documented processes do not conform to current theoretical expectations about what is a likely or even a possible diachronic process, although each is part of a larger, complex context of sound change which does conform to theoretical expectation. A brief background survey of vocalic changes triggered by voiced stops is given, followed by the puzzling changes that depart from this more general pattern.