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Vowel Lowering

Vowel Lowering is a phonological process in Ancient Greek phonology whereby a vowel is articulated at a lower position in the oral cavity than its underlying or historically prior counterpart, distinguishing it from other vowel shifts through its specific directionality in tongue height.

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2017–2026

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Positional prominence and the ‘prosodic trough’ in Yaka

Larry M. Hyman · Phonology · 1998 · 154 citations

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A Reconsideration of Yokuts Vowels

Juliette Blevins · International Journal of American Linguistics · 2004 · 145 citations

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A Conservative Vowel Phoneme Inventory of Sumatra: The Case of Besemah

Bradley McDonnell · Oceanic Linguistics · 2008 · 145 citations

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Vowel harmony: A variable rule in Brazilian Portuguese

Language Variation and Change · 1989 · 113 citations

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An acoustic comparison between New Zealand and Australian English vowels

Catherine Watson, Jonathan Harrington, Zoe Evans · Australian Journal of Linguistics · 1998 · 111 citations

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Authors

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  1. JB
    Juliette Blevins

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    2 publications · 156 citations

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  2. JS
    John Stewart

    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States

    1 publications · 32 citations

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  3. DJ
    David James Silva

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. SP
    Sallyanne Palethorpe

    Macquarie University, Australia

    1 publications · 44 citations

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  5. SB
    Sophie Bishop

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    448 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    468 citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    372 citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    50 citations

  5. Université Joseph Fourier

    Grenoble, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    180 citations

  6. Laboratoire Parole et Langage

    Aix-en-Provence, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    108 citations

  7. Approches Linguistiques Théoriques, Appliquées et Expérimentales : langues et cultures connectées

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    96 citations

  8. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    145 citations

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  1. Phonology

    3 publications · 281 citations

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  2. Oceanic Linguistics

    2 publications · 207 citations

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  3. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 2 publications · 126 citations

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  4. International Journal of American Linguistics

    2 publications · 156 citations

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  5. Australian Journal of Linguistics

    2 publications · 151 citations

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