Sonority and Climate in a World Sample of Languages: Findings and Prospects

Cross-Cultural Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-51

  Fought, John G ^a   Munroe, Robert L ^b   Fought, Carmen R ^b   Good, Erin M ^c  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PITZER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Communicative efficiency; Linguistic anthropology; Sonority

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642496788     PISSN: 10693971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069397103259439     Document Type: Article

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