A Typology of Epenthetic Vowels in Loanwords

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Previous accounts make different claims: The maximally unmarked, underspecified or phonetically shortest vowel is inserted via default (e.g. Pulleyblank 1988, 1998 on Yoruba; Shinohara 1997 on Japanese) The stem vowel is copied into the epenthesized vowel slot (e.g. Paradis 1996 on Fula) There is consonant-vowel assimilation, most notably labial attraction (e.g. Akinlabi 1993 on Yoruba, Batibo 1995 on SeTswana, Smith 1977 on Sranan) Sometimes an interplay of these factors is suggested but it is not quite clear how: Are there rival processes within one domain, or are different processes found in different domains?

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