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Vowel Epenthesis in Early Germanic Runic Inscriptions
Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies, 2016 A number of runic inscriptions from the entire Germanic area from between A.D. 200 and 800 exhibit non-etymological, epenthetic vowels, such as worahto for *worhto ‘did’. An analysis of all (likely) instances of epenthesis in early Germanic languages shows that epenthesis developed only in clusters involving /r/, /l/ or /n/.Epenthesis was an ...
Levi Damsma, Arjen Versloot
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Phonotactic Constraints on Tri-Syllabic Loanwords Containing Three-Consonant Sequences: An Optimality Account [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی, 2021 This paper examined the constraints on tri-syllabic loanwords in Persian, which contained three-consonant sequences in the underlying representation, within an optimality-theoretic account.
Hakimeh Fanoodi +2 more
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Some Segmental Features of American English and Upper-Egyptian Arabic: A Study in Contrastive Phonology [PDF]
Al-Mağallah Al-ʿilmiyyaẗ Li Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb - Ǧāmiʿaẗ Asyūṭ, 2021 The term 'segment' is usually used in phonology to refer to the smallest perceptible unit. The main objective of this study is toprovide a phonological analysis of some of the segmental features of American English and Upper-Egyptian Arabic.
Sara Moustafa Mahmoud
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Vowel Epenthesis in Toda Songs [PDF]
Linguistics and Literature Studies, 2021 This study looks at a minor but interesting phonological phenomenon that is vowel epenthesis in Toda songs, a Dravidian language spoken in South India. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the extent to which vowel epenthesis is used to satisfy the poetic meter preferences in songs and verses that are sensitive to the number of syllables per line ...
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Current research on the linguistic features of Chinese English
World Englishes, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 487-506, September 2023., 2023 Abstract This article argues that there are central features of Chinese English regardless of a speaker's Chinese first language (L1) or dialect. The current state of research on Chinese English is reviewed, outlining phonological, lexical, syntactical, prosodic, and discourse and pragmatic features of Chinese English.
Sven Albrecht
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 1, Page 117-151, March 2023., 2023 Abstract The—for European languages—large amount of bound elements in the older Insular Celtic languages and the array of phonological interactions within morphological and phrasal structures have lead several researchers to conclude that individual words play a lesser role in the grammars of those languages.
Stefan Dedio
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Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 16, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract This article presents an overview of several significant aspects of the phonology of Uyghur (ISO: uig; pronounced [ʊjˈʁʊr]; Turkic: China). In addition to summarising previous research, we present new data and highlight its relevance for phonological theory.
Connor Mayer +2 more
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The influence of sonority on the production of words ending in -ed by Brazilian EFL learners
Ilha do Desterro, 2010 This study investigated the influence of sonority on the production of vowel epenthesis in verbs ending in -ed by Brazilian learners of English. Participants were twenty-six upper-intermediate Brazilian EFL learners who read and audio-recorded ten ...
Fernanda Delatorre
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The phonetics and phonology of Uspanteko (Mayan)
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Uspanteko is an endangered Mayan language spoken by up to 6000 people in the Guatemalan highlands. We provide an overview of the phonetics and phonology of Uspanteko, focussing on phenomena which are common in Mayan languages and/or typologically interesting.
Ryan Bennett +3 more
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Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2022., 2022 Abstract Guébie is an Eastern Kru language spoken by about 7000 people in the Gagnoa prefecture of Côte d’Ivoire. This paper provides an overview of the phonology of Guébie, including the complex tone system with four contrastive pitch heights, multiple types of vowel harmony, reduplication in multiple morphosyntactic contexts, CVCV/CCV alternations ...
Hannah Sande
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