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How abstract is nupe?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

Robert T. Harms
Robert T. Harms*
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin
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Abstract

This paper challenges the arguments for abstract phonology based on the treatment of the Nupe vowels in Hyman 1970. Both formal and substantive deficiencies of Hyman's analysis are noted, and a non-abstract solution is proposed.

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Research Article
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Language , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , June 1973 , pp. 439 - 446
Copyright
Copyright © Linguistic Society of America 1973

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