Romanian diphthongs /ea/ and /oa/: an articulatory comparison with /ja/ - /wa/ and with hiatus sequences

One notable feature in Romanian phonetics and phonology is the presence in its inventory of typologically rare diphthongs /ea/ and /oa/ («mid diphthongs»), which happen to contrast phono-logically with both corresponding hiatus sequences /e.a/ - /o.a/, and with diphthongs /ja/and /wa/ («high diphtho...

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Main Author: Stefania Marin
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2016-02-01
Series:Revista de Filología Románica
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/RFRM/article/view/51024