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A Stratal Phonological Analysis of Stem-Level and Word-Level Effects in Old French Compensatory Vowel Lengthening upon Coda /s/ Deletion

Languages
The well-known deletion of coda sibilants in Old French (11th–14th centuries) induced a compensatory lengthening effect on the preceding vowel, generally described as applying uniformly where coda /s/ was lost.
Francisco Antonio Montaño
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Perception of English vowels across regional accents by Catalan-Spanish bilinguals [PDF]

JASA Express Letters
This study investigates how Catalan-Spanish bilinguals perceive and identify vowels produced in Southern British, Northern British and Australian English.
Gil Verbeke, Juli Cebrian, Ellen Simon
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The Phonology of Mid Vowels in Germanic Languages

Journal of Germanic Linguistics
In phonological theory there are multiple ways to represent mid vowels. SPE conventions maintain that they are non-[high] and non-[low]. Conversely, frameworks like Element Theory argue that mid vowels are simultaneously [high] and [low]. This article examines eight processes (and groups of processes) within the Germanic language family, which strongly
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17. Mid Front Vowels

Chapter 17 begins with a section entitled “Principles and Obstacles,” which addresses the challenges of identifying phonemes in multidialectal situations, each dialect possessing distinct phonemic systems. The chapter begins by explaining the important role of “bridge” or “transition” vowels, which permit the raising or lowering of vowels across ...
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MID PRETONIC VOWELS IN THE SPEECH OF SOUTHEAST REGION: A GEO-SOCIOLINGUISTIC OVERVIEW

Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, 2015
We aim to trace a geo-sociolinguistic overview of the behavior of pretonic mid vowels in the speech of the Southeast Region, based on variationist sociolinguistic studies carried out in communities of the states of Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, São ...
Fabiane de Mello Vianna da ROCHA , Silvia Figueiredo BRANDÃO   +1 more
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Cross-linguistic Phonological Transfer:

Crossings
The perception and acquisition of non-native tense and lax vowel contrasts have been the subject of extensive research (Bustos et al., 2023; Chang, 2023; Fabra & Romero, 2012; Lai, 2010). Previous studies have highlighted various factors influencing the
Jahurul Islam, Md. Sayeed Anwar, Shahriar Mohammad Kamal   +2 more
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21. High-Mid and Low-Mid Back Vowels

Chapter 21 investigates the development of high-mid ME /oː/ (presented as [ọː] in this book) and the mid and low back ME /ɔː/ and /ɔ/. The chapter begins with a discussion similar to Chapter 17, also entitled “Principles and Obstacles,” focusing on the challenges of analyzing low-mid and low-back vowels and their phonemic values.
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Hiatus resolution in Moroccan Judeo-Spanish

Isogloss
This article gives an Optimality Theory analysis of the resolution of vowel hiatus across word boundaries based on published descriptions of late 19th and early 20th century Moroccan Judeo-Spanish, also known as haketía.
Samuel Douglass, Travis G. Bradley
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Variation in the formant of ethno-regional varieties in Nigerian English vowels

Open Linguistics
Unlike previous studies on Nigerian English (NigE) that consistently report mid-point analysis to describe NigE vowels, this study employs spectral changes because it reveals inherent changes, which characterize vowel formants over time. Earlier research,
Amoniyan Oluwasegun
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Distribution of Mid Vowels and Relating Vowel Harmony in Zulu

Distribution of Mid Vowels and Relating Vowel Harmony in Zulu
This paper focuses on the distribution of mid vowels in Zulu and how the language system treats them. In this language, mid-low vowels such as [ɛ] and [ɔ] are raised to mid-high position as [e] and [o], when directly followed by a syllable with a high vowel.
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