New Perspectives on English Sound Patterns: “Natural” and “Unnatural” in Evolutionary Phonology

Journal of English Linguistics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-25

  Blevins, Juliette ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

English phonology; English phonotactics; Evolutionary Phonology; phonetic naturalness; sound change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845761201     PISSN: 00754242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0075424206287585     Document Type: Article

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