Complementarity and Opacity : [ l ] ~ [ d ] in Bantu
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In (3a), the verb root -baalbecomes baadwhen it is followed by causative -is-, applicative -ilor perfective -idi. As seen in (3b) the prefective in realized [idi] when the preceding vowel is /i/, /u/ or /a/. In (3c), however, when the preceding vowel is /e/ or /o/, there is a vowel height harmony and the perfective suffix is realized -ele. In response to this perfect complementarity, a single underlying consonant can be set up, for example, as the underspecified capital /L/ in (4), which, as seen, becomes [d] before the vowel /i/ (and after [n]), but is elsewhere realized as [l]:
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