Diminutive consonant harmony in several dialects of Cree
In Cree, the palatalization of coronal obstruents imparts a diminutive meaning through a process referred to as sound symbolism. It has been described as an optional process (Pentland, 1974), thus accounting for the observation that not all of the coronal obstruents are subject to the sound symbolis...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/7816 |