المرجع الالكتروني للمعلوماتية
المرجع الألكتروني للمعلوماتية

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Maltese /ʕ/  
  
675   10:36 صباحاً   date: 9-4-2022
Author : David Odden
Book or Source : Introducing Phonology
Page and Part : 260-8


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Maltese /ʕ/

Another well-supported case of absolute neutralization comes from Maltese. We will just outline the basics of the argument: you should read Brame (1972) to understand the full argument. After outlining some basic phonological processes, we consider examples which seem superficially inexplicable, but which can be explained easily if we posit an abstract underlying consonant /ʕ/.