Vol. 2 No. 6 (2020): William G. Bennett & Aaron Braver – Different speakers, different grammars: Productivity and representation of Xhosa labial palatalization

While cross-linguistic studies suggest that palatalization is preferentially triggered by high and front vocoids, and that it targets coronals or dorsals, Xhosa has a process of palatalization that is triggered by [w], and that targets only bilabials. More ...