Series shifts and mergers in the obstruent phonology of Tahltan (Northern Athabaskan)*

A survey was conducted to investigate the development of the Proto-Athabaskan obstruent series, *ts/tš/tšr/k, into present day Tahltan. Results from seven native speakers and quantitative analysis of a larger corpus establish tθ/ts/ts/tš as the standard obstruent system, alongside three alternate sy...

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Main Authors: John Alderete, Amber Blenkiron, (Judy Thompson) Edōsdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dartmouth College Library 2021-01-01
Series:Linguistic Discovery
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.515

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