Slavey Expressive Terms

Synchronic Evidence for Diachronic Change

Authors

  • Mary Pepper

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.504

Keywords:

Slavey language-- Idioms, Athapascan languages-- Syllabication

Abstract

Slavey, an Athapaskan language, has a rich expressive vocabulary which exhibits many of the traits discussed in Mithun (1982), but which violates the syllable structure constraints of the language. These syllable structure constraint violations are evidence for the resistance to sound change found by Mithun in this subset of the lexicon.

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Vol. 10 (1985): Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics: Volume 10, (1985)

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How to Cite

Pepper, . M. (1985). Slavey Expressive Terms: Synchronic Evidence for Diachronic Change. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 10, 85-100. https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.504