Lenition and contrast : the functional consequences of certain phonetically conditioned sound changes /

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Author / Creator:	Gurevich, Naomi, 1966-
Imprint:	New York : Routledge, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Outstanding dissertations in linguistics Outstanding dissertations in linguistics.
Subject:	Phonetics. Mutation (Phonetics) Linguistic change. Linguistic change. Mutation (Phonetics) Phonetics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12011365

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ISBN:	0203505050 9780203505052 9781135876494 1135876495 0415970997 9780415970990
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-300) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book analyzes 153 languages from a large variety of families to establish a previously unexplored relationship between phonetically conditioned sound changes such as lenitions and functional (meaning maintenance related) considerations. Carefully collecting numerous inventories of consonants, this collection is likely to become an important resource for future linguistics research. By distinguishing between phonetic and phonological neutralization, and showing that the first does not necessarily result in the second, Naomi Gurevich uncovers previously unexplored and often surprising trend.
Other form:	Print version: Gurevich, Naomi, 1966- Lenition and contrast. New York : Routledge, 2004

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