Explaining vowel systems: Dispersion theory vs natural selection

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Authors
Vaux, B
Samuels, B
Publication Date
2015
Journal Title
Linguistic Review
ISSN
0167-6318
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Volume
32
Issue
3
Pages
573-599
Type
Article
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Vaux, B., & Samuels, B. (2015). Explaining vowel systems: Dispersion theory vs natural selection. Linguistic Review, 32 (3), 573-599. https://doi.org/10.1515/tlr-2014-0028
Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We argue that the cross-linguistic distribution of vowel systems is best accounted for by grammar-external forces of learnability operating in tandem with cognitive constraints on phonological computation, as argued for other phonological phenomena by</jats:p>
Keywords
Vowel systems, dispersion theory, evolutionary phonology
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tlr-2014-0028
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/293213
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