The similar rates of occurrence of consonants across the world's languages: A quantitative analysis of phonetically transcribed word lists
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DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2018.07.003
Abstract: Abstract Via an analysis of nearly 7000 phonetically transcribed word lists representing every major linguistic family, this study examines the frequency with which languages use particular consonants. The results suggest that there is an underlying… read more here.
Keywords: transcribed word; word; rates occurrence; analysis ... See more keywords