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Chiri 1952

Chiri Mashiho 知里真志保 (1952). アイヌ語に於ける母音調和[Vowel harmony in Ainu].

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1. In two morphological contexts — the suffix that derives transitive verbs from intransitives, and the vowel suffix that forms the possessed (affiliative) form of nouns — the choice of suffix vowel is conditioned by the vowel of the root: kay → kay-e 'break (tr.)', mos → mos-o 'wake (tr.)', yak → yak-u 'crush'; possessed tek → tek-e 'hand', nan → nan-u 'face' ; . no page The Vowel Inventory and Vowel Realization
2. Chiri (1952) named this pattern 母音調和 ('vowel harmony'), hypothesizing that the suffix was originally -i (the 3sg possessive), which underwent full assimilation to the root vowel . no page The Vowel Inventory and Vowel Realization
3. Chiri 1952 described the vowel quality of the affiliative suffix as an instance of vowel harmony spreading a feature from the stem . no page Morphophonology of the Affiliative Suffix and Echo/Copy Vowels