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Phonology and conventionalization: Naturalness and beyond in German(ic) sonorants

2024/06/07 by Gaeta, Livio

paper · doi:10.25364/04.49:2023.94.5

Abstract

In Natural Linguistics a major concern regards conventionalization as opposed to the roll-out of naturalness. In this short homage, I will discuss these issues with the focus on the unstable status of sonorants, discussing a couple of examples coming from Modern Standard German and from Titsch, a Walser German variety spoken in a linguistic island in Aosta Valley.

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