Factors in sound change: A quantitative analysis of palatalization in Northern Mandarin
Factors in sound change are still a major subject of debate in the field of linguistics, with the frequency factor perhaps being the most controversial. The present article focuses on palatalization of the velars before high front vowels and glides in Northern Mandarin, because palatalization stretc...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Open Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2022-0226 |