Nasal and Oral Spreading in Aguaruna (Jivaroan)
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Dr Simon Overall (Centre for Research on Linguistic Diversity, La Trobe University) describes complementary processes of nasal and oral spreading in Aguaruna, a Jivaroan language of north Peru, and addresses the theoretical problems involved in analysing the data. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
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