Abstract
Tongue root (TR) harmony in Assamese affects high back vowels and mid vowels (Mahanta 2007). The description (based on perception and limited acoustic measurements) is that Assamese shows the following five properties.—Constrast: TR contrasts in monosyllabic words. — [bel] “bell” vs. [bɛl] “stupid person”—Harmony: Vowels agree with a following vowel, e.g., triggered by suffixes. — [nomori] “not-die.non-finite” vs. [nɔmɔra] “not-die.habitual.non-finite”—CC-blocking: Harmony crosses one consonant only, no harmony in __CCi vs. harmony in __Ci. — [bɔnti] “lamp” vs. [nomori] “not-die.non-finite—N-blocking: There is no harmony in [….ɔNi…] (*[…oNi…], N = any nasal). — [kʰɔmir] “leavening agent” vs. [nomori] “not-die.non-finite—Idiosyncrasy: /a/, which otherwise does not harmonize, appears as [e]/[o] before an idiosyncratic set of suffixes. — [kɔpal] “destiny” vs. [kopolija] “destined.” This ultrasound study explores Assamese vowel articulation to determine the nature of tongue position in different harmonic co...
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