Can [sonorant] spread?

Statement of Responsibility: 
Olson, Kenneth S. and Paul H. Schultz
Issue Date: 
2002
Is Part Of Series: 
Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, vol. 46
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7 pages
Abstract: 
This paper presents empirical evidence for the spread of the feature [sonorant], based on data from Bilaala (Nilo-Saharan, Chad). The analysis assumes that this feature is a dependent of the root node rather than part of the root node (as previously assumed). An alternative analysis, involving the spread of the feature [nasal], is shown to be inferior to one in which [sonorant] spreads.
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Published
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Chad
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Entry Number: 
40107