Phonological patterns in a dependency model: Allophonic relations grounded in phonetic and iconic motivation

Lingua

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1109-1138

  Demey, Eline ^a   van der Kooij, Els ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Iconicity; Phonology; Sign languages

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949118371     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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