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Towards a typology of stop assibilation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In this article we propose that there are two universal properties for phonological stop assibilations, namely (i) assibilations cannot be triggered by /i/ unless they are also triggered by /j/, and (ii) voiced stops cannot undergo assibilations unless ...
Hall, Tracy Alan, Hamann, Silke
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Lability in Hittite and Indo‐European: A Diachronic Perspective

open access: yesStudia Linguistica, Volume 80, Issue 1, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Lability is defined as the possibility of a verb to enter a valency alternation without undergoing any change in its form. Labile verbs were common in ancient Indo‐European languages, including Hittite, which mostly features anticausative lability, with reflexive and reciprocal lability being less prominent.
Guglielmo Inglese
wiley   +1 more source

On latent nasals in Samogo

open access: yesMandenkan, 2020
Languages in the Samogo group display a phenomenon referred to as “floating” or “latent” nasals. Though belonging to the end of a word (either synchronically or diachronically) in coda position, latent nasals more often appear as mutations or ...
Laura McPherson
doaj   +1 more source

Labiovelars and the labial-velar hypothesis: Phonological Headedness in Bare Element Geometry

open access: yesGlossa, 2021
This paper begins by strengthening the labial-velar hypothesis with a novel interpretation of the allophonic distributions of labials and velars in Lusoga.
Shanti Ulfsbjorninn
doaj   +2 more sources

Prosodic description: An introduction for fieldworkers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This article provides an introductory tutorial on prosodic features such as tone and accent for researchers working on little-known languages. It specifically addresses the needs of non-specialists and thus does not presuppose knowledge of the phonetics ...
Himmelmann, N. P., Ladd, D. R.
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Raddoppiamento sintattico and glottalization phenomena in Italian [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This paper is a preliminary phonetic exploration of aspects of the well-known Italian sandhi phenomenon of Raddoppiamento sintattico (henceforth RS), which involves the gemination of word-initial consonants under certain conditions, eg dei [k]ani ‘some ...
Absalom, Matthew   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Short-distance pronominals

open access: yesNordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2011
In both Icelandic and Faroese there are instances of pronominals taking local subject antecedents, usually when the pronominal is within a PP. This paper discusses a study on pronominals’ ability to take a local subject antecedent.
Gísli Rúnar Harðarson
doaj   +1 more source

The Emergence of a Mixed Type Dialect: The Example of the Dialect of the Bani ˁAbbād Tribe (Jordan)

open access: yesLanguages, 2022
The present article aims at questioning the status of the šāwi dialect of the Bani ʕAbbād tribe by providing a new analysis of the main distinctive phonological, morphological, and syntactical traits which may hint at dialect mixing. The data provided by
Antonella Torzullo
doaj   +1 more source

Dialectal variation in german 3-verb clusters : a surface-oriented optimality theoretic account [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
We present data from an empirical investigation on the dialectal variation in the syntax of German 3-verb clusters, consisting of a temporal auxiliary, a modal verb, and a predicative verb. The ordering possibilities vary greatly among the dialects. Some
Schmid, Tanja, Vogel, Ralf
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