We compare the complexity of idiosyncratic sound patterns involving American
English/ɹ/with the relative simplicity of clear/dark/l/-allophony patterns found in English and …

This dissertation begins with the observation of a typological asymmetry within phonological
patterns related to phonetic naturalness. Patterns that are rooted within existing tendencies …

In this dissertation, I argue that phonology is at least partly grounded in phonetics, and that
the phonetic information that is relevant to phonology must be given dedicated scalar …

Setswana (also known as 'Tswana'or, more archaically,'Chuana'or 'Sechuana') is a Bantu
language (group S. 30; ISO code tsn) spoken by an estimated four million people in South …

An important question in linguistics involves the nature of apparent substantive biases.
Biases are often claimed to be universal based on typological evidence. This thesis tests for …

Contributions to the loanword literature can traditionally be divided into two views:
production-based (“phonological”) vs. perception-based (“perceptual”). In an article from …

The Nature of the Word Page 1 This is a section of doi:10.7551/mitpress/9780262083799.001.0001
The Nature of the Word Studies in Honor of Paul Kiparsky Edited by: Kristin Hanson, Sharon …

The general framework the present dissertation is couched in is phonetically-based
phonology. On the basis of a phonetic assumption, the lack of voice assimilation in Italian, I …

After being relegated to the margins of language change theories for a long time, 2
metathesis has gained new interest in a functionalist perspective as a strategy of phonotactic …

본 논문은 중국어 보통화의 3 성의 성조 연성 변화의 기제를 인지의 관점에서 설명하고 있다.
중국어 모어 청자 집단과 영어 모어 청자 집단에 대하여 'same/different'식별 과제를 부여하여 …