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| − | a well-known example is German umlaut. Plural nouns can be formed in several (unpredictable) ways. One possibility is fronting of the base vowel: ''Apfel: | + | a well-known example is [[German]] umlaut. Plural nouns can be formed in several (unpredictable) ways. One possibility is fronting of the base vowel: ''Apfel:Äpfel'' and ''Bauch:Bäuche''. |
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Revision as of 12:32, 10 June 2009
Umlaut is the phonological process in which back vowels or diphthongs are fronted due to (a) a following front vowel, or (b) a specific morpheme or morphological class.
Example
a well-known example is German umlaut. Plural nouns can be formed in several (unpredictable) ways. One possibility is fronting of the base vowel: Apfel:Äpfel and Bauch:Bäuche.
Links
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
- Lieber, R. 1980. On the Organization of the Lexicon, PhD diss. Univ. of New Hampshire, reproduced by the IULC.
- Spencer, A. 1991. Morphological Theory, Blackwell, Oxford.
Other Languages
German Umlaut (de)
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