Lenition and Contrast: The Functional Consequences of Certain Phonetically Conditioned Sound Changes

by Naomi Greenwich and Naomi Gurevich

Book Overview

This book analyzes 153 languages from a large variety of families to establish a previously unexplored relationship between phonetically conditioned sound changes such as lenitions and functional... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415970997
• ISBN13: 9780415970990
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"