Sound structure and sound change A modeling approach

Research in linguistics, as in most other scientific domains, is usually approached in a modular way - narrowing the domain of inquiry in order to allow for increased depth of study. This is necessary and productive for a topic as wide-ranging and complex as human language. However, precisely becaus...

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Main Author: Morley, Rebecca L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin Language Science Press 2019
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