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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Published in:Linguistic Discovery
Main Authors: John Alderete, Amber Blenkiron, (Judy Thompson) Edōsdi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Dartmouth College Library 2021
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.515
https://doaj.org/article/e93b4ca3e7844a9eb8356feabbf7db3d