Understanding the phonetics of neutralisation : a variability-field account of vowel/zero alternations in a Hijazi dialect of Arabic
This thesis throws new light on issues debated in the experimental literature on neutralisation. They concern the extent of phonetic merger (the completeness question) and the empirical validity of the phonetic effect (the genuineness question). Regarding the completeness question, I present acousti...
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University College London (University of London)
2011
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.594300 |