2016/01/01 by Owen Edwards · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation #Multilingual Education and Policy #Sound (geography) #Linguistics #Phonology #Set (abstract data type) #Sound change #Bantu languages #Computer science #History #Philosophy #Acoustics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1353/ol.2016.0008
openalex publication_date 2016/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Two parallel sets of sound correspondences are attested in the historical phonology of the Uab Meto (also known as Dawan[ese], Timorese, Atoni) language/dialect cluster. A top-down approach to the data reveals one set of regular sound correspondences in reflexes of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lexemes, while a bottom-up approach to the data reveals another set of regular correspondences in lexemes for which no Malayo-Polynesian origin has yet been found. I examine each set of sound correspondences in detail and propose a framework for addressing the apparently contradictory data.