24.2761, Media: Are Sounds Of The Caucasus Shaped By The Mountains Themselves?

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LINGUIST List: Vol-24-2761. Mon Jul 08 2013. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 24.2761, Media: Are Sounds Of The Caucasus Shaped By The Mountains Themselves?

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Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:31:00
From: Brent Woo [bwoo at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Are Sounds Of The Caucasus Shaped By The Mountains Themselves?

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http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=24-2761.html&submissionid=17445530&topicid=21&msgnumber=1
 Radio Free Europe presents a short discussion of some research that has investigated whether or not geography of an area has an effect on the structure and sounds of a language.

Read more: http://www.rferl.org/content/language-caucasus-geography-mountains-circassian-georgian-armenian/25039081.html
 


Linguistic Field(s): Phonology

Subject Language(s): Adyghe (ady)
                     Avaric (ava)
                     Chechen (che)
                     Georgian (kat)

Language Family(ies): East Caucasian
                      Northwest Caucasian



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