Principles and Methods in Historical Phonology : From Proto-Algonkian to Arapaho
ISBN: 9780773564619
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / McGill-Queen''s University Press
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Subjects: Language/ Linguistics;

Arapaho, a western Algonkian language, is still spoken on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Phonologically modern Arapaho looks very "un-Algonkian," for it has undergone a rather startling number of sound changes. In this study Marc Picard attempts to use the phonological history of Arapaho as a vehicle to explore various possibilities for making accurate inferences about the chronological order of sound changes. His ultimate goal is to provide a methodology that can be applied successfully to other languages that, like Arapaho, have no recorded history.


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