This paper uses novel data showing gradient labial harmony in Kazakh to compare Kaun's (1995) feature-based analysis with a dispersion-based analysis in a Maximum Entropy Harmonic Grammar. The paper demonstrates that the dispersion-based analysis better fits the Kazakh data than Kaun's analysis, and then extends it to account for four languages with harmony patterns different from that in Kazakh. The paper also argues that the dispersion-based account provides a better analysis of the typology of labial harmony than Kaun's feature-based analysis.

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元音分散与哈萨克语唇音和声

本文使用显示哈萨克语梯度唇音和谐的新数据，将 Kaun (1995) 基于特征的分析与最大熵谐波语法中基于色散的分析进行比较。该论文证明了基于色散的分析比 Kaun 的分析更适合哈萨克语数据，然后将其扩展到解释与哈萨克语不同的和声模式的四种语言。该论文还认为，与 Kaun 的基于特征的分析相比，基于色散的解释对唇和谐类型学提供了更好的分析。