PHONOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF VOWEL HARMONY IN TÈÈ on SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

          The study attempted an autosegmental analysis of Tèè vowel harmony. The language has seven oral and nasalized vowels that participate in vowel harmony process. Two harmonic sets A [e o] and B [E O] with [i a u] as neutral vowels have been identified what is striking in the language is the fact that the neutral vowels out number the [+ATR] and [-ATR] harmonic sets, as such more instances abound involving them. This clearly shows the language as having a partial harmony system. Using the derivation of  Agentive nouns from verb stems, we have accounted for the vowel harmony processes involved autosegmentally.

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