Dissimilation can be gradient: evidence from Aberystwyth English
Dissimilation is classically considered as a phonetically categorical sound change. In contrast to this assumption, this paper presents evidence for a phonetically gradient pattern of aspiration dissimilation found in Aberystwyth English (Wales): an aspiration feature is consistently reduced in the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Papers in Historical Phonology |
| Online Access: | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/pihph/article/view/1737 |