Consonant epenthesis is typically assumed to be part of the basic repertoire of phonological grammars. This implies that there exists some set of linguistic data for which epenthesis is the best ...

What’s in a swear? The world’s filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But there’s something else swears across the world’s languages have in common. They’re all missing ...

Consonants are the rest of the letters in the alphabet: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y and z The letter 'y' is a bit different, because ...

The answer partly depends on whether we are talking about the sounds or letters of vowels and consonants. By mentioning “alphabetic languages”, the questioner is presumably asking why most versions of ...

Electropalatographic data on the frequency of occurrence of assimilatory processes in Catalan C1##C2 sequences, where ## is inserted at the boundary between two consecutive words, reveal that ...

Our complex speech may have originated from life in the trees. The first analysis of the evolution of consonants suggests their roots may be linked to an arboreal lifestyle, hinting that our ancestors ...

You’ve eaten the alphabet again, haven’t you? Give him a hand. Start with the vowels. Vowels are the letters you can sound out without closing your mouth: A, E, I, O, and U. Every word needs one. All ...