Resolving Hiatus in Olutura
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 7
Abstract
The main concern of the study was to identify and examine the different strategies that Olutura uses to resolve hiatus so as to get the optimal syllable in its phonotactics.Olutura is one of the dialects of the Luyia language spoken in Western Kenya, East Africa. Data is sampled from speakers of Olutura as a first language. The data is then analyzed to find out the phonological processes that are involved in the configuration of the optimal syllable in this language. The results of the study show that Olutura uses the phonological processes of coalescence, glide formation, epenthesis, prothesis and elision to resolve hiatus.
Authors and Affiliations
Everlyn Etakwa, Mohamed Akidah, Ayub Mukhwana
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