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Revising his 2012 doctoral dissertation in linguistics at Cornell University, Ko investigates the vowel harmony systems of Northeast Asian languages--especially the Korean, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages--from both synchronic and diachronic points of view. He examines the vowel inventories and vowel patterns of modern varieties of these languages to determine whether retracted tongue root was the original contrast in Korean, Mongolic, and Tungusic languages; and how these original vowel systems have evolved through time from a retracted tongue root to a palatal harmony as in, for example, some varieties of Mongolic. He also touches upon other aspects of vowel phonology in the languages. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
