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Analogy, Frequency, and Sound Change. The Case of Dutch Devoicing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2008

Johan De Schryver ,
Anneke Neijt ,
Pol Ghesquière  and
Mirjam Ernestus
Johan De Schryver*
Affiliation:
Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel
Anneke Neijt
Affiliation:
Radboud University Nijmegen
Pol Ghesquière
Affiliation:
University of Leuven
Mirjam Ernestus
Affiliation:
Radboud University Nijmegen/Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
*
Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (University College Brussels), Department of Applied Linguistics, Koningsstraat 336, B-1030 Brussels, Belgium, [johan.deschryver@hubrussel.be]
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Abstract

This study investigates the roles of phonetic analogy and lexical frequency in an ongoing sound change, the devoicing of fricatives in Dutch, which occurs mainly in the Netherlands and to a lesser degree in Flanders. In the experiment, Dutch and Flemish students read two variants of 98 words: the standard and a nonstandard form with the incorrect voice value of the fricative. Dutch students chose the non-standard forms with devoiced fricatives more often than Flemish students. Moreover, devoicing, though a gradual process, appeared lexically diffused, affecting first the words that are low in frequency and phonetically similar to words with voiceless fricatives.*

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Journal of Germanic Linguistics , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 159 - 195
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Copyright © Society for Germanic Linguistics 2008

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