Rhotics and laterals pattern together in a variety of ways that suggest that they form a
phonological class (Walsh-Dickey 1997), yet capturing the relevant set of consonants and …

This article surveys research in Spanish phonology from the perspective of Optimality
Theory, a formal linguistic framework based on ranked and violable constraints. Theoretical …

The first of two studies in this paper (both using electromagnetic articulography) focused on
onset clusters in German and French. Less overlap of C1 and C2 was found in plosive-nasal …

Regular relations are mathematical models that are widely used in computational linguistics
to generate, recognize, and learn various features of natural languages. While certain …

Phonology, as one of the traditional subdisciplines of modern linguistics, has been at the
forefront of linguistic research since the beginning of the 20th century. The phonology of …

The main properties of r-metathesis in English are its bi-directionality, variability and the
attractive biases towards r created by some consonants but not by others. This article argues …

This book investigates syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in six Caribbean
creoles with Dutch, English and French as main lexifier languages. The earliest reliable data …

In the light of the diachronic process of rhotic metathesis that has applied in Algherese
Catalan, 1 in this paper we provide some empirical evidence for considering the left edge of …

This article examines the influence of perception on creole phonological restructuring,
drawing comparisons to loanword adaptation and second language learning and outlining a …

Guarayu (Tupí-Guaraní, Bolivia) has undergone a diachronic process of metathesis in which
a word-final tap/ɾ/exchanged positions with a preceding high nonfront vowel/ɨ/or/u/. We …