Inhibited sound change: An evolutionary approach to lexical competition

Diachronica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-183

  Blevins, Juliette ^a   Wedel, Andrew ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti homophony; Category evolution; Character displacement; Evolutionary Phonology; Exceptionality; Lexical competition; Simulation; Sound change

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349274221     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.26.2.01ble     Document Type: Article

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