Historical Laboratory Phonology—Investigating /p/>/f/>/h/ Changes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10255807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Foulkes (0000-0001-9481-1004, University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 249-276 |
| Publication date | 1997-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language and Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8309 • E-ISSN: 1756-6053 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002383099704000303 |
| OpenAlex | W2464847375 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 33 |
This paper offers a contribution to laboratory phonology, extending experimental methods to the investigation of a cross-linguistic historical problem. The issue in question is the recurrent and unidirectional series of sound changes from /p/ > /f/ > /h/. A large sample of languages was surveyed, which revealed no evidence for direct changes from /p/ > /h/ (contrary to popular claims in the literature). Instead, an intervening /f/ stage appears mandatory. /p/ > /f/ changes are widely assumed to be articulatorily-motivated lenitions. By contrast, /f/ > /h/ changes have received little attention. The survey indicates that this change tends to be motivated in the proximity of /u/. A perceptual experiment was carried out to investigate this pattern, which shows that the change may be initiated due to the acoustic similarity of [fu] and [hu] sequences. Some implications of these findings for phonological theory are then briefly outlined
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