Biomechanically Conditioned Variation at the Origin of Diachronic Intervocalic Voicing

This paper addresses the question of how synchronic variation in intervocalic voicing of voiceless obstruents, as observed in several languages (e.g., Rome Italian /lato/ [lato] ~ [lado]), may initiate and give rise to a regular sound change (e.g., /t/ > /d/ between vowels). We hypothesize that a...

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Published in:	Language and speech Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 351 - 370
Main Authors:	Nadeu, Marianna, Hualde, José Ignacio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England SAGE Publications 01-09-2015 Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:	Adult Basque language Biomechanical Phenomena - physiology Colleges & universities Conditioning (Psychology) - physiology Diachronic linguistics Dialect Studies Female Gender Gender Identity Humans Individual differences Individuality Italian language Language Larynx - physiology Male Males Obstruents Phonation - physiology Phonemes Phonemics Phonetics Phonological assimilation Phonology Romance Languages Sex Characteristics Sex differences Sex Factors Sound change Sound Spectrography Spain Spanish language Speech Speech Acoustics Speech Articulation Tests Speech Production Measurement Speech rate Spelling Verbal Behavior - physiology Voicing Vowels Spain voicing gender effects speech rate Sound change lenition
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