Explaining vowel systems: dispersion theory vs natural selection

Author:

Vaux Bert,Samuels Bridget

Abstract

AbstractWe argue that the cross-linguistic distribution of vowel systems is best accounted for by grammar-external forces of learnability operating in tandem with cognitive constraints on phonological computation, as argued for other phonological phenomena by

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics

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