Bilabial Palatalisation in Zulu: A morphologically conditioned phenomenon
Keywords:
Zulu, morphology, palatalisation, phonologically conditioned, morphologically conditioned, rule ordering
Abstract
This article looks at the question of whether the palatalisation processes which occur in the Zulu locative, diminutive and passive are best regarded as morphologically conditioned or as phonologically conditioned. For each of these processes, arguments are presented to show that they are morphologically conditioned, and that proposed analyses of them as phonologically conditioned are incorrect. It is further argued that the rules which prevent VV sequences from arising are also morphologically conditioned. Formal morphologically conditioned analyses of each process are given.
How to Cite
van der Spuy, A. (1). Bilabial Palatalisation in Zulu: A morphologically conditioned phenomenon. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 44, 71-87. https://doi.org/10.5842/44-0-645
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