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| Title: | Analogy, Frequency, and Sound Change. The case of Dutch devoicing |
| Author: | Johan De Schryver |
| Institution: | Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel |
| Author: | Anneke Neijt |
| Institution: | Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen |
| Author: | Pol Ghesquière |
| Institution: | Université Catholique de Louvain |
| Author: | Mirjam Ernestus |
| Institution: | Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen |
| Linguistic Field: | Phonetics |
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| Abstract: | This study investigates the roles of phonetic analogy and lexical frequency in an ongoing sound change, the devoicing of fricatives in Dutch, which occurs mainly in the Netherlands and to a lesser degree in Flanders. In the experiment, Dutch and Flemish students read two variants of 98 words: the standard and a nonstandard form with the incorrect voice value of the fricative. Dutch students chose the non-standard forms with devoiced fricatives more often than Flemish students. Moreover, devoicing, though a gradual process, appeared lexically diffused, affecting first the words that are low in frequency and phonetically similar to words with voiceless fricatives. |
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This article appears in Journal of Germanic Linguistics Vol. 20, Issue 2, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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