The Effect of Forms’ Ratio of Conditioning on Word-Final /s/ Voicing in Mexican Spanish

There is mounting evidence that words that occur proportionately more often in contexts that condition a phonetically-motivated sound change end up changing more rapidly than other words. Support has been found in at least modern-day Spanish, Medieval Spanish, bilingual English-Spanish, and modern-d...

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Main Author: Earl Kjar Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/5/4/61