Feature economy in natural, random, and synthetic inventories

Mackie, J. Scott; Mielke, Jeff

doi:10.1075/lfab.6.03mac

In:Where Do Phonological Features Come From?: Cognitive, physical and developmental bases of distinctive speech categories
Edited by G. Nick Clements and Rachid Ridouane
[Language Faculty and Beyond 6] 2011
► pp. 43–64

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Feature economy in natural, random, and synthetic inventories

J. Scott Mackie | University of British Columbia

Jeff Mielke | University of Ottawa

Published online: 28 July 2011

https://doi.org/10.1075/lfab.6.03mac

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