Chapter 11.9: Vowel Changes
chapter 11.9: vowel sound changes Vowels are fundamentally different from consonants in several ways that affect how they can change. First, all vowels are voiced, so there cannot be a change in voicing. Second, all …
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Chapter 11.7: Unconditioned Sound Changes
chapter 11.7: Unconditioned sound changes One of the primary areas of change within a language is the change in its system of sounds, and much of the nineteenth-century work in linguistics was spent in figuring …
Chapter 11.5: Vowels
chapter 11.5: vowels Like consonants, vowels are made by expelling air from the lungs through the vibrating vocal cords and into the oral cavity. Unlike the consonants, however, when we make the vowel sounds we …