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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Main Author: | Matisoff, James A. |
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Other Authors: | University of California, Berkeley |
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Language: | English |
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2024
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178880 |
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