Word-Initial Geminates in Sardinian

It is reported to be uncommon for a language to display phonological contrasts between simplex and geminate obstruents: Italian and Japanese are among the few that do (Tsujimura 2007; Davis 2011). It is even less common for languages to display a phonological contrast of this kind in word-initial po...

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Main Author: Rosangela Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2015-08-01
Series:Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-qulso/article/view/1857