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The project presented here seeks to explain observed regularities in the direction of place
assimilation. The best known among these is the fact that assimilation proceeds regressively …

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Our object of study in this chapter is metathesis, which we define as any reordering of
segments or features within the phonological string. 1 Representative cases, discussed in …

This article is concerned with external evidence bearing on the nature of the units stored in
the mental lexicons of speakers of Semitic languages. On the basis of aphasic metathesis …

A diverse set of empirical findings indicate that word predictability in context influences the
fine-grained details of both speech production and comprehension. In particular, lower …

Do human auditory perceptual abilities shape language sound structures? If so, what
aspects of phonology may be driven by perception, and how should perceptually driven …

It has proven practical over a long history of research on language sound systems to
rationalize phonological units and processes in terms of speech articulation. The Sanskrit …

This paper addresses three key observations relating to crosslinguistic patterns of
metathesis. First, the order of sounds resulting from metathesis can differ from language to …

The focus of this paper is on metathesis, the process whereby in certain languages, under
certain conditions, sounds appear to switch positions with one another. Thus, in a string of …