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THE QUANTIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL LOAD--A LINGUISTIC PROBLEM.
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HOCKETT, C.F. – 1966
MEASUREMENT CRITERIA ARE DEVELOPED FOR THE QUANTIFICATION OF THE FUNCTIONAL LOAD OF THE PHONEMES OF A LANGUAGE. THE CONCEPT OF FUNCTIONAL LOAD OR YIELD, FROM CERTAIN THEORIES OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE, STATES THAT SOME CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE DISTINCTIVE SOUNDS OF A LANGUAGE DO MORE WORK THAN OTHERS BY OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY AND IN MORE LINGUISTIC…
Descriptors: Information Theory, Linguistic Theory, Mathematical Linguistics, Measurement
On Zuni-Penutian Consonants
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Hamp, Eric P. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1975
This article discusses the consonantal correspondences that occur between Zuni and California Penutian, and proposes a revision of the set of consonant features used to illustrate these correspondences. (CLK)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics