Ming Shilu as Evidence of Devoicing of Voiced Obstruents in Siamese

Devoicing of Voiced Obstruents (DVO) was part of a transformative series of sound changes that characterised all the Tai languages: the original voiced stops became either aspirated or unaspirated when devoiced. Although previous studies show that they occurred before the 17th century (Harris, 1992;...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shinnakrit Tangsiriwattanakul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Hawaii Press 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52474