Voice-induced vowel lengthening
Vowels are longer before sonorants and voiced obstruents than before voiceless obstruents. This pattern is found in many languages and by some is argued to be universal. In some languages it has been phonologized and gives rise to alternations. Three cases are examined: Western Slavic, English and G...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Papers in Historical Phonology |
| Online Access: | http://journals.ed.ac.uk/pihph/article/view/1910 |