In previous surveys of long-distance consonant harmony, the major place features [labial], [dorsal] and [coronal] are conspicuously absent from the set of possible harmonising features. Ngbaka Minagende displays major place harmony between labial-dorsal segments and simple labials and velars, thus filling this empirical gap. The presence of complex segments with multiple place is crucial to seeing this harmony pattern clearly. These patterns are best handled in the Agreement by Correspondence framework with an active CC-Ident[place] constraint. Other analyses either cannot capture the pattern at all or require fundamental changes elsewhere in phonological theory. The data are supported by a new digitisation and statistical analysis of a Ngbaka Minagende dictionary.

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长途大地和谐

在以前对长距离辅音和谐的调查中，主要的地方特征[唇]、[背]和[冠状]明显不在一组可能的和声特征中。Ngbaka Minagende 展示了唇背段与简单的唇和软颚骨之间的主要位置和谐，从而填补了这一经验空白。具有多个位置的复杂片段的存在对于清楚地看到这种和谐模式至关重要。这些模式最好在具有活动 CC-I 的通信协议框架中处理凹痕【地方】约束。其他分析要么根本无法捕捉到这种模式，要么需要在语音理论的其他地方进行根本性的改变。这些数据得到了 Ngbaka Minagende 词典的新数字化和统计分析的支持。