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Vowel Evolution

Vowel Evolution is a linguistic phenomenon within the historical development of the Spanish language that denotes systematic changes in the quality, quantity, or distribution of vowel phonemes over time, distinguishing it from consonantal or syntactic change by its exclusive focus on vocalic restructuring.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Vocalic Evolution

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Publications

100

Major trends in vowel system inventories

Jean‐Luc Schwartz, Louis-Jean Boë, Nathalie Vallée et al. · Journal of Phonetics · 1997 · 292 citations

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The origins of consonant-vowel metathesis

Juliette Blevins, Andrew Garrett · Language · 1998 · 252 citations

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Spirantization and the 7-to-5 Vowel Merger in Bantu

T.C. Schadeberg · Belgian Journal of Linguistics · 1994 · 193 citations · Full text

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Autosegmental and metrical spreading in the vowel-harmony systems of northwestern Spain

José Ignacio Hualde · Linguistics · 1989 · 173 citations

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Detecting evolutionary forces in language change

Mitchell G. Newberry, Christopher Ahern, Robin Clark et al. · Nature · 2017 · 121 citations · Full text

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Authors

127

  1. JB
    Juliette Blevins

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    4 publications · 409 citations

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  2. JI
    José Ignacio Hualde

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    3 publications · 279 citations

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  3. PM
    Paul M. Lloyd

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    3 publications · 64 citations

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  4. RB
    Robert Blust

    University of Hawaii–West Oahu, United States

    3 publications · 124 citations

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  5. AG
    Andrew Garrett

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 368 citations

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Institutions

70

  1. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    178 citations

  2. Centre de Recherches Linguistiques sur l'Asie Orientale

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    40 citations

  3. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Brussels, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  4. Portuguese Army

    Lisbon, Portugal

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    203 citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    96 citations

  6. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    73 citations

  8. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    160 citations

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Venues

  1. Oceanic Linguistics

    8 publications · 234 citations

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  2. Language

    8 publications · 566 citations

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  3. Language Variation and Change

    5 publications · 203 citations

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  4. Journal of Phonetics

    4 publications · 402 citations

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  5. Diachronica

    4 publications · 74 citations

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