Phonetically conditioned sound change Contact induced /u/-fronting in Zuberoan Basque
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DOI: 10.1075/dia.34.3.02egu
Abstract: All modern Basque dialects have at least 5 contrastive vowels /i, e, a, o, u/. One Basque dialect, Zuberoan, has developed a contrastive sixth vowel, the front rounded high vowel /y/. This development is arguably… read more here.
Keywords: sound change; basque; zuberoan; contact ... See more keywords
/u/-fronting and agent-based modeling: The relationship between the origin and spread of sound change
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DOI: 10.1353/lan.2017.0019
Abstract: Abstract: This study is concerned with whether an asymmetric phonetic overlap between speaker groups contributes to the directional spread of sound change. An acoustic analysis of speakers of Southern British English showed that younger speakers’… read more here.
Keywords: spread sound; sound change; based modeling; sound ... See more keywords
Visual Speech Perception Cues Constrain Patterns of Articulatory Variation and Sound Change
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00728
Abstract: What are the factors that contribute to (or inhibit) diachronic sound change? While acoustically motivated sound changes are well-documented, research on the articulatory and audiovisual-perceptual aspects of sound change is limited. This paper investigates the… read more here.
Keywords: sound change; variation; change; speech ... See more keywords
Hierarchical Inference in Sound Change: Words, Sounds, and Frequency of Use
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.652664
Abstract: This paper aims examines the role of hierarchical inference in sound change. Through hierarchical inference, a language learner can distribute credit for a pronunciation between the intended phone and the larger units in which it… read more here.
Keywords: hierarchical inference; change; sound change; inference sound ... See more keywords