A combination matrix could be very useful to illustrate the synchronic and diachronic representation of German diphthongs. Examples are provided. It is further suggested that such a matrix could be utilized for phonological research in the areas of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics and dialectology. (Text is in German.) (DS)

A detailed analysis of the oral vowels in the French phoentic system and their nasal equivalents. (Text is in French.) (PMP)

THIS SKETCH CONSTITUTES A PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR A DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR OF PANJABI, THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY NEARLY 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE INDIAN AND PAKISTANI PROVINCES OF PUNJAB, AND BY SIKHS AND PANJABI MUSLIMS IN EAST AFRICA. AN INDO-ARYAN LANGUAGE, PANJABI (ALONG WITH HINDI) IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF EAST PUNJAB, AND THE PRESENT STUDY IS…

Rejoinder to arguments against abstract phonology in Robert T. Harms' How Abstract Is Nupe?'', FL 504 726. (RS)

The desirability of the exploitation of experimental phonetics by the phonologist is discussed, and research on vowel duration in Thai is described in support of this contention. (RM)

Assimilation refers to a segment influencing one or more neighboring segments across a word boundary. (DD)

Challenges the arguments for abstract phonology based on the treatment of the Nupe vowels in Larry M. Hyman's How Concrete Is Phonology?'' Language, v46 p58-76 1970. (RS)

Argues against the theory that metathesis is less natural phonetically than other processes and distinguished by greater phonological motivation. Cases of consonant-vowel (CV) metathesis (synchronic and diachronic) are surveyed to explain how metathesis sound changes arise. Two types of CV metathesis with distinct synchronic properties and…

A more highly constrained and more explanatory theory of phonology is produced if abbreviatory and essential variables are restricted. (CK)

A phonetic analysis of Latin long vowels is followed by a phonological analysis which asks whether these vowels are phonemes and, if so, what their distinctive features are. (AM)