1st Edition

The Synchronic and Diachronic Phonology of Ejectives

By Paul D. Fallon Copyright 2002
    396 Pages
    by Routledge

    396 Pages
    by Routledge

    This study is the first book-length examination of ejectives and their phonological patterning, deepening the empirical understanding of ejectives and contributing to both phonological theory and to typologies of sound change.

    List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Laryngeal and Phonatory Features and Representations 3. Assimilation 4. Deglottalization 5. Debuccalization 6. Dissimilation 7. Ejective Voicing 8. Fission and Fusion 9. Conclusion Endnotes References

    Biography

    Paul D. Fallon