Is phonology going haywire in dying languages? Phonological variations in Chipewyan and Sarcee
ABSTRACT The two most conspicuous phenomena reported on dying languages are (a) structural (and stylistic) simplifications and (b) dramatic increases of variability due to incongruent and idiosyncratic “change.” The phonological data from two Athapaskan languages, as well as other published data (Do...
| Published in: | Language in Society |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1989
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047404500013488 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0047404500013488 |