This simple vowel harmony system behaves as expected:
Feature Type(*cons, vowel)
Feature Height(low, high)
Feature Depth(front, back)
Symbol a [vowel low back]
Symbol e [vowel low front]
Symbol i [vowel high front]
Symbol u [vowel high back]
harmony [vowel] propagate:
[] => [$Height] / [$Height] _
But if I make low and front the default, this equivalent system fails to copy the default values:
Feature Type(*cons, vowel)
Feature Height(*low, high)
Feature Depth(*front, back)
Symbol a [vowel back]
Symbol e [vowel]
Symbol i [vowel high]
Symbol u [vowel high back]
harmony [vowel] propagate:
[] => [$Height] / [$Height] _
Here's a sample set of input words:
kaki
putatu
ichegaku
epistrefu
The first sound change file produces the expected:
kake
pututu
ichiguku
epestrefa
The second file produces:
kaki
pututu
ichiguku
epistrifu
It copies the high value rightward across the word, but not the low value.
def-gthill
commented
3 years ago
This simple vowel harmony system behaves as expected:
But if I make low and front the default, this equivalent system fails to copy the default values:
Here's a sample set of input words:
The first sound change file produces the expected:
The second file produces:
It copies the high value rightward across the word, but not the low value.