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Vowel harmony in Stau

What is it about?

This paper is about vowel harmony in the Stau language.

Why is it important?

First article focusing on vowel harmony in a Rgyalrongic language. Understanding vowel harmony in Stau helps us understand constraints on which vowels can co-occur. Notable among the mechanisms that block vowel harmony are lexemes that contain semantically-heavy first syllables. In this situation, we observe the interplay of semantics and phonology. Analysis of the vowel harmony system in Stau yields a way to measure the distance between morphemes.

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