The paper aims to investigate the real size of the minimal prosodic stem/word in Malawian Tonga (popularly known as ciTonga), a Southern Bantu language spoken in Malawi. At the surface level, it is ...
In Standard Mandarin, a mid vowel agrees in [back] and [round] features with adjacent glides. A mid vowel preceded by a front rounded glide [É¥], however, is only partially assimilated, resulting in a ...
Phonology – the systematic organisation of sounds in language – plays a critical role in language acquisition, reflecting the interplay between innate predispositions and environmental input. Research ...