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7.4.1.1. ATR harmony<br />

All vowels <strong>in</strong> a word apart from /i/ must agree with respect to [ATR], as shown<br />

<strong>in</strong> (7.14).<br />

(7.14) ATR harmony <strong>in</strong> Classical Manchu<br />

a. /´/ alternates with /a/<br />

x´x´ ‘woman’ x´x´-Ng´ ‘female’<br />

aGa ‘ra<strong>in</strong>’ aGa-NGa ‘of ra<strong>in</strong>’<br />

b. /u/ alternates with /U/<br />

x´r´- ‘ladle out’ x´r´-ku ‘ladle’<br />

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paqt'a- ‘conta<strong>in</strong>’ paqt'a-qU ‘<strong>in</strong>ternal organs’<br />

<strong>The</strong> alternation between /u/ and /U/ is apparent only after back (velar and<br />

uvular) consonants (which also alternate, depend<strong>in</strong>g on the follow<strong>in</strong>g vowel). In<br />

other contexts, /u/ and /U/ merge at the surface <strong>in</strong>to [u], except for a few<br />

sporadic examples. Zhang (1996) assumes that this is a late phonetic rule, s<strong>in</strong>ce it<br />

does not affect the behaviour of /U/ with respect to ATR harmony, as shown <strong>in</strong><br />

(7.15).<br />

(7.15) Merger of /U/ to [u] except after back consonants<br />

a. Underly<strong>in</strong>g /u/: ATR harmony<br />

sus´ ‘coarse’ sus´-t´- ‘make coarsely’<br />

x´t'u ‘stocky’ x´t'u-k´n ‘somewhat stocky’<br />

b. Underly<strong>in</strong>g /U/ not after velar/uvular consonants<br />

tulpa ‘careless’ tulpa-ta- ‘act carelessly’<br />

tat'ßun ‘sharp’ tat'ßu-qan ‘somewhat sharp’

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