Hidetoshi Shiraishi

List of John Benjamins publications for which Hidetoshi Shiraishi plays a role.

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Shiraishi, Hidetoshi and Bert Botma 2017 On the diachronic origin of Nivkh height restrictions Sonic Signatures: Studies dedicated to John Harris, Lindsey, Geoff and Andrew Nevins (eds.), pp. 201–214 | Chapter
Nivkh, a genetic isolate spoken in the Russian Far East, displays a pattern of stress-dependent height restrictions in a linguistic area where tongue-root harmony is prevalent. We argue that the Nivkh pattern derives from an earlier tongue-root system. This system developed into a height-based… read more