Nicholas Zair

List of John Benjamins publications in which Nicholas Zair is involved.

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Sen, Ranjan and Nicholas Zair 2022 Liquid polarity, positional contrast, and diachronic change: Clear and dark /r/ in Latin Diachronica 39:3, pp. 409–448 | Article
Apparently disparate sound changes in Latin, involving both vowels and consonants but sensitive to /r/, can be explained by reconstructing a positional clear/dark contrast in /r/, motivated by the seldom-mentioned “liquid polarity” effect. Examining these diachronic processes together allows us… read more
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