Labiovelar unit phonemes in Lolo-Burmese? A case to chew over: Lahu bÊ 'chew' < PLB *N-gwya2

The existence of consonant combinations consisting of velar stop plus -w-can confidently be posited for all time-depths in T[ibetoj-B[urmanJ, including the Proto-TB level [Matisoff 1980). Whether these 'labiovelars' are best regarded as consonant clusters or as unit phonemes at a given sta...

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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1788802024-07-12T00:54:15Z Labiovelar unit phonemes in Lolo-Burmese? A case to chew over: Lahu bÊ 'chew' < PLB *N-gwya2 Matisoff, James A. University of California, Berkeley Arts and Humanities The existence of consonant combinations consisting of velar stop plus -w-can confidently be posited for all time-depths in T[ibetoj-B[urmanJ, including the Proto-TB level [Matisoff 1980). Whether these 'labiovelars' are best regarded as consonant clusters or as unit phonemes at a given stage depends on familiar criteria of phonemic analysis. Published version 2024-07-12T00:54:15Z 2024-07-12T00:54:15Z 1986 Journal Article Matisoff, J. A. (1986). Labiovelar unit phonemes in Lolo-Burmese? A case to chew over: Lahu bÊ 'chew' < PLB *N-gwya2. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 9(1), 83-88. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.9.1.06 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178880 10.32655/LTBA.9.1.06 1 9 83 88 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1986 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf
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Labiovelar unit phonemes in Lolo-Burmese? A case to chew over: Lahu bÊ 'chew' < PLB *N-gwya2
description The existence of consonant combinations consisting of velar stop plus -w-can confidently be posited for all time-depths in T[ibetoj-B[urmanJ, including the Proto-TB level [Matisoff 1980). Whether these 'labiovelars' are best regarded as consonant clusters or as unit phonemes at a given stage depends on familiar criteria of phonemic analysis.
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title Labiovelar unit phonemes in Lolo-Burmese? A case to chew over: Lahu bÊ 'chew' < PLB *N-gwya2
title_short Labiovelar unit phonemes in Lolo-Burmese? A case to chew over: Lahu bÊ 'chew' < PLB *N-gwya2
title_full Labiovelar unit phonemes in Lolo-Burmese? A case to chew over: Lahu bÊ 'chew' < PLB *N-gwya2
title_fullStr Labiovelar unit phonemes in Lolo-Burmese? A case to chew over: Lahu bÊ 'chew' < PLB *N-gwya2
title_full_unstemmed Labiovelar unit phonemes in Lolo-Burmese? A case to chew over: Lahu bÊ 'chew' < PLB *N-gwya2
title_sort labiovelar unit phonemes in lolo-burmese? a case to chew over: lahu bê 'chew' < plb *n-gwya2
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