The Retroflex Sound of Languages Spoken in Southeast Tibet: Feature Floating, Feature Recombination and Its Historical Typological Value
In Southeast Tibet, some Tibeto-Burman languages have apparent retroflex feature floating. Some initial research on this phenomenon shows that different sound categories, such as a post consonant <i>r</i> and retroflex vowels (or finals), are not totally independent. This feature is like...
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MDPI AG
2023-06-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/8/3/159 |