Nancy A. Ritter, Adjunct Professor of Linguistics, University of Connecticut,Harry van der Hulst, Professor of Linguistics, University of Connecticut

Nancy A. Ritter is Adjunct Professor of Linguistics at the University of Connecticut. Her research has focused on exploring phonological phenomena from a cognitive perspective and she is currently developing an approach to analysing classical ballet using methods of linguistic analysis and concepts from cognitive science. She is managing and review editor for The Linguistic Review.

Harry van der Hulst is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Connecticut, where he specializes in phonology. He has been Editor-in-Chief of The Linguistic Review since 1990 and is co-editor of the Mouton de Gruyter series 'Studies in Generative Grammar'. He is the author of Asymmetries in Vowel Harmony (OUP, 2018), and co-editor of The Oxford History of Phonology (with B. Elan Dresher; OUP, 2022) and Word Prominence in Languages with Complex Morphologies (with Ksenia Bogomolets; OUP, 2023).

Part I. Types of vowel harmony1. Themes in vowel harmony, Nancy A. Ritter and Harry van der Hulst2. The role of consonants in vowel harmony, Gunnar Ólafur Hansson3. Nasal harmony, Bert Botma4. Palatal harmony, Charles W. Kisseberth and Michael J. Kenstowicz5. Rounding harmony, Abigail Kaun and Adam G. McCollum6. Height harmony, Heather Goad7. Tongue root harmony [ATR]/[RTR], Roderic F. Casali8. Stress-dependent vowel harmony, Joan Mascaró9. Laxing vowel harmony, Nicholas Henriksen and Kelly Kendro10. Rhotic vowel harmony, Norval Smith11. Minor vowel harmony, Norval Smith12. Epiphenomenal and true non-iterative vowel harmony, Adam G. McCollum13. Phonology that will not harmonize, Larry M. HymanPart II. Structural issues in vowel harmony14. Vowel harmony in the light of contrastive feature theories, B. Elan Dresher and Sara Mackenzie15. Tongue-root harmony and vowel inventory structure, Roderic F. Casali16. Vowel harmony and coda, moraic, or geminate consonants, David Odden17. Domains of vowel harmony, Paul Kiparsky18. A stratal OT perspective on vowel harmony, Paul Kiparsky19. Morpho-syntactic asymmetries in Serviglianese vowel harmony domains, Andrea Calabrese20. Phrasal vowel harmony, Laura J. Downing and Martin Krämer21. Non-alternating, non-participating, and idiosyncratic vowels, Martin Krämer22. Revisiting locality in vowel harmony, Phillip Burness, Kevin McMullin, and Andrew Nevins23. What constitutes privileged positions in vowel harmony?, Aaron Kaplan and Rachel Walker24. Directionality in vowel harmony systems, Shakuntala MahantaPart III. Approaches to vowel harmony25. Vowel harmony in pre-Generative Phonology, Michael J. Kenstowicz26. Vowel harmony in classical Generative Phonology, Charles W. Kisseberth and Michael J. Kenstowicz27. Multi-linear approaches to vowel harmony, Peter Jurgec28. Vowel harmony in Government Phonology, Krisztina Polgárdi29. Vowel harmony in dependency-based models, Harry van der Hulst and Jacques Durand30. Vowel harmony in Optimality Theory, Sara Finley31. Vowel harmony in Optimal Domains Theory, Charles W. Kisseberth32. Harmony in gesture-based phonology, Caitlin Smith33. Votic vowel harmony in Substance Free Logical Phonology, Marjorie Leduc, Charles Reiss, and Veno Volenec34. The computational power of harmonic forms, Alëna Aksënova, Jonathan Rawski, Thomas Graf, and Jeffrey Heinz35. Data-driven approaches to vowel harmony, Rebecca Knowles and Nathan Sanders36. Vowel harmony in Emergent Phonology, Diana Archangeli and Douglas Pulleyblank37. An exemplar-based approach to vowel harmony, Jeroen van de Weijer38. Vowel harmony in language acquisition, Heather Goad and Avery Ozburn39. Psycholinguistic approaches to vowel harmony, Anne Pycha and Sara FinleyPart IV. Genesis, evolution, and decay of vowel harmony40. Articulatory and perceptual factors in vowel harmony, Adamantios Gafos41. Phonetic and functional precursors to vowel harmony, Amanda Rysling and John Kingston42. Vowel harmony in contact situations: The case of the Balkans, Victor A. Friedman and Brian D. Joseph43. Vowel harmony in computational models of emergence, Mark Dras and K. David Harrison44. On how and why vowel harmony decays, Adam G. McCollum45. Examples of diachronic decay of vowel harmony, Andrey NikulinPart V. Vowel harmony across languages46. Vowel harmony: Statistical perspectives on typological distribution, Matthew K. Gordon and Michael Fiddler47. Vowel harmony in Semitic languages, Geoffrey Khan48. Vowel harmony in Chadic languages, Mary Pearce and Joseph Lovestrand49. Vowel harmony in Nilo-Saharan languages, Constance Kutsch Lojenga50. Vowel harmony in Niger Congo languages of the Nuba Mountains, Abeer M. A. Bashir and Sharon Rose51. Vowel harmony in non-Bantu Niger-Congo languages, Nicholas Rolle and Olanike Ola Orie52. Vowel harmony in Bantu Niger-Congo languages, Virginia Boyd53. Vowel harmony in North American languages, Keren Rice54. Vowel harmony in Mesoamerican languages, Chris Rogers55. Vowel harmony in South American languages, Andrey Nikulin56. Vowel harmony in languages of India, Shakuntala Mahanta and Paul Arsenault57. Vowel harmony in the Munda languages, Gregory D. S. Anderson, Luke Horo, and K. David Harrison58. Vowel harmony in Sino-Tibetan languages, Katia Chirkova59. Vowel harmony in Turkic languages, Jonathan North Washington60. Vowel harmony in Mongolic languages, Jan-Olof Svantesson61. Vowel harmony in Tungusic languages, Bing Li and Norval Smith62. Vowel harmony in Nivkh, Bert Botma and Hidetoshi Shiraishi63. Vowel harmony in Korean, Seongyeon Ko64. Vowel harmony in Ainu, Hidetoshi Shiraishi and Bert Botma65. Vowel harmony in Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages, Michael J. Kenstowicz66. Vowel harmony in Yukaghir, Irina Nikolaeva67. Vowel harmony in Uralic languages, László Fejes, Péter Siptár, and Robert M. Vago68. Umlaut in Germanic languages, Gunnar Ólafur Hansson and Richard Wiese69. Vowel harmony in Romance languages, Stefano Canalis, Jesús Jiménez, Maria-Rosa Lloret, and Margaret E. L. Renwick70. Vowel harmony in Basque, José Ignacio Hualde71. Vowel harmony in Greek, Anthi Revithiadou72. Vowel harmony in Armenian, Bert Vaux and Ariwan Addy Suhairi73. Vowel harmony in Caucasian languages, Marika Butskhrikidze74. Vowel harmony in Australian languages, Rob Pensalfini75. Vowel harmony in Papuan languages, Marian Klamer76. Vowel harmony in Austronesian languages, Emily Gasser

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