Lenition and Contrast: The Functional Consequences of Certain Phonetically Conditioned Sound Changes

by Naomi Greenwich and Naomi Gurevich

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041586514X
• ISBN13: 9780415865142
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"