Geoffrey Schwartz

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Final devoicing in aspiration languages aside from German??

Aside from German, are there any other 'aspiration' languages, i.e. with long VOT in initial voiceless plosives, that have final obstruent devoicing that (completely or incompletely) neutralizes...

01 January 2018 8,346 4 View

What percentage of word-initial consonants in English are coronal?

Does anyone know of any sources to check the relative frequency of various consonant places of articulation in word-initial position in English (or any other language)? In other words, what...

01 January 2017 4,195 6 View

In Germanic languages which have final devoicing, is there evidence that the contrast was realized as it is in English today?

In Germanic languages which now have 'final devoicing' (complete or incomplete), is there evidence that the contrast was realized as it is in English today?, ie in terms of robust differences in...

11 November 2014 8,965 3 View