There are a variety of phonological asymmetries exhibited by segments which appear in
perceptually or psycholinguistically prominent positions such as roots, root-initial syllables …

The distribution of the feature [high] in Shona verbs is a prototypical example of positional
neutralisation accompanied by vowel harmony. In languages which exhibit positional …

In this dissertation I argue for a general model of assimilation within Optimality Theory, with
vowel harmony processes serving as a specific empirical testing ground. The model centers …

Phonological constraints can, in principle, be classified according to whether they are
natural (founded in principles of universal grammar (UG)) or unnatural (arbitrary, learned …

The study of harmony processes, their phonological characteristics and parameters of
typological variation, has played a major role in the development of current phonological …

A view of the locality conditions on vowel harmony, aligning empirical phenomena within
phonology with the principles of the Minimalist program. Vowel harmony results from a set of …

This dissertation proposes a new model of subsegmental phonology within Optimality
Theory that differs from standard Autosegmental Phonology both in its limited use of …

In Hungarian, stems ending in a back vowel plus one or more neutral vowels show unusual
behaviour: for such stems, the otherwise general process of vowel harmony is lexically …

This book is about the phonological phenomenon known as nasal harmony, where the
property of nasalization spreads in a predictable way across certain sequences of adjacent …

This extensive survey of consonant harmony in the world's languages reveals surprising
diversity in the featural dimensions involved, and uncovers new empirical generalizations …