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Despite the amount of ink spilt on vowel harmony there is surprisingly little written about the decay of harmony systems (Greenberg 1990; Binnick 1991; Nevins & Vaux 2003; Svantesson 2005; Kavitskaya 2013; see also McPherson & Hayes forthcoming). While a number of authors have suggested possible pathways for harmonogenesis (Ohala 1994; Harrison et al. 2002) the motivations for harmonic decomposition remain largely unclear. Using data collected during recent fieldwork, this paper addresses the nature of harmonic decay through an acoustic analysis of labial harmony in Kazakh. In contemporary Kazakh, the domain for labial harmony is typically the root, and post-initially rounding has largely been neutralized, in contrast to previous descriptions of the language. The drastic reduction in labial harmony between previous studies and the present work is used to conceptualize harmonic decay along two lines: domain contraction, and neutralization. Additionally, the role of markedness is addressed as it relates to the specific trajectory of change in the language.

Labial Harmonic Shift in Kazakh: Mapping the Pathways and Motivations for Decay