James Kirby

List of John Benjamins publications in which James Kirby is involved.

Articles

Kirby, James and Pittayawat Pittayaporn 2025 Tone and voicing in Cao Bằng Tai: Implications for tonal evolution and change Diachrony of Tone, Auderset, Sandra, Rikker Dockum and Ryan Gehrmann (eds.), pp. 357–381 | Article

This study examines the phonetic realization of tones and onsets in Cao Bằng Tai. Previous studies of this language indicate that historically voiced plosives remain redundantly cued by closure voicing and/or breathy voice. Our age- and gender-stratified sample of 19 speakers reveals a… read more

Bowern, Claire, Margaret Thomas, Andrew Garrett, James Kirby, Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales, Tamisha L. Tan, Terttu Nevalainen, Patience Epps and Don Daniels 2024 Diachrony and Diachronica: 40@40 Diachronica 41:4, pp. 556–574 | Editorial