The Phonology of Contact| Creole sound change in context
<p> This dissertation identifies three previously unexplained typological asymmetries between creoles, other types of language contact, and `normal' sound change. (1) The merger gap deals with phoneme loss. French /y/ merges with /i/ in all creoles worldwide, whereas merger with /u/ is al...
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Yale University
2015
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| Online Access: | http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3663654 |