Competing changes as a cause of residue

1969/03/01 by William Yang Wang, William S-Y. Wang · 4 citations
Social Sciences · Psychology · Arts and Humanities · #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Phonetics and Phonology Research #Linguistics and language evolution

paper · doi:10.2307/411748

Abstract

Phonological change may be implemented in a manner that is phonetically abrupt but lexically gradual. As the change diffuses across the lexicon, it may not reach all the morphemes to which it is applicable. If there is another change competing for part of the lexicon, residue may result. Several fundamental issues in the theory of phonological change are raised and discussed.

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