Plau, krau und krün? – Zur Verteilung und Variation der anlautenden Fortisierung von Plosiven vor Sonoranten [PDF]
Starting with two written examples and new insights into regional language research, this article examines the phenomenon of fortition (Fortisierung) of lenis plosives in the initial consonant cluster before sonorant (e. g.
Lars Vorberger
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Korean Perspectives on Southern Ryukyuan Glide Fortition [PDF]
Southern Ryukyuan is one of the two main subgroups of the Ryukyuan language family, consisting of Miyako, Yaeyama, and Yonaguni. One of the notable features of the subgroup is word-initial fortition of Proto-Ryukyuan *w into b, exhibited by all three members; in contrast, only Yonaguni underwent *j > d, while the other two languages have ...
Yun, Huisu
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Palatalization, fortition and deletion in the high vowels of Arcadian Greek [PDF]
The present study discusses the status of the high vowels /i/ and (secondarily) /u/ in Arcadian Peloponnesian, an entirely unstudied variety of Greek. The high vowels of Arcadian Greek undergo different processes or are altogether deleted in an unstressed environment.
Coutsougera, Photini
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Lenition, fortition, and lexical access in Iwaidja and Mawng [PDF]
Many models of word recognition assume that spoken words are faithful to their phonological shape in the lexicon and that word recognition begins with the first incoming segment and proceeds linearly. Some languages, however, including Mawng and Iwaidja (Australia), exhibit alternations in word-initial segments, rendering these segments potentially ...
Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen +5 more
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Is 'stop epenthesis' in English fortition, lenition or what? [PDF]
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梅野, 真実 +2 more
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Fortition in Marked on Marked Contexts: Velar Stopping in Sylheti [PDF]
This paper presents a harmonic grammar analysis of the alternation of the velar voiceless fricative /x/ and the corresponding stop /k/ in the environment of high vowels /i/ and /u/ in Sylheti.
Prasad, Ankita
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Lenition, fortition and the status of plosive affriction: the case of the spontaneous RP English /t/ [PDF]
This paper reports on a phonetic and phonological study of /t/-affrication in spontaneous British English Received Pronunciation. The study is motivated by the uncertainty surrounding plosive affrication in the literature on lenition and fortition.
Leendert Plug +3 more
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Alternasi Bunyi Bahasa Indonesia dalam Kognat Melayu Ulu Kapuas
Indonesian is derived from Standard Malay; while Ulu Kapuas is a dialect of Malay. Sameness between the two language codes is shown by their identical cognates. There are other cognates showing sound alternations.
Fauzi Syamsuar
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Application of the comparative method to Nivkh: Other regular sound correspondences
The Nivkh language family of Sakhalin Island and the adjacent mainland in Northeast Asia is generally considered to be without known external relatives, and since its internal diversity is relatively shallow— leading some authors to treat it as a single ‘
Halm, Robert, Slater, Jay
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The Sekujam language of West Kalimantan (Indonesia)
Almost two hundred years ago, O. van Kessel identified a language group based on a characteristic sound change that yielded -ai in the final position of some words (Van Kessel 1850: 166); Hudson (1970) named this group “Ibanic” after the Iban language ...
James T. Collins, Herpanus
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