NADIA OBEGUI GALLARDO

Universidad de Málaga

Hyperadaptation in sound-change

Fonética y Fonología

All languages are considered to share some general features as they are conventional and arbitrary, systematic, redundant, and prone to change. In this fashion, we will center on language change, specifically in what is meant by hyperadaptation. Before focusing on its origin and main characteristics, general remarks about the sound system will be explained so that it can help us to understand such phenomenon in full; in addition, a real example will be provided. All in all, the aim of this paper is to supply a description of hyperadaptation and its implications with respect to sound-change.



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