Evolutionary phonology : the emergence of sound patterns / Juliette Blevins.

This groundbreaking book explores the nature of sound change in human language over the past 7000 8000 years. It presents a new approach to the problem of how genetically unrelated languages can often show similar sound patterns, and why there are many exceptions to the patterns often regarded as un...

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Main Author: Blevins, Juliette (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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