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@article{item_3384218,
title = {{A multifaceted approach to understanding unexpected sound change: the bilabial trills of Vanuatu{\textquoteright}s Malekula Island}},
author = {Rangelov, Tihomir and Walworth, Mary and Barbour, Julie},
language = {eng},
issn = {1569-9714; 0176-4225},
doi = {10.1075/dia.21051.ran},
publisher = {John Benjamins Publishing},
address = {Amsterdam},
year = {2023},
abstract = {{This paper demonstrates that unexpected sound changes are best explained{\textless}br{\textgreater}by an approach that accounts for different motivations: phonetic, structural{\textless}br{\textgreater}and social. Here, we focus on a multifaceted investigation of the cross-{\textless}br{\textgreater}linguistically uncommon bilabial trills to show the complex interaction{\textless}br{\textgreater}between different drivers of sound change. In this paper, we highlight and{\textless}br{\textgreater}examine the prenasalized voiced bilabial trill m{\textscb} and plain voiceless bilabial{\textless}br{\textgreater}trill P [{\textscb}{\textsubring{}}] found in a number of Oceanic languages spoken on Malekula{\textless}br{\textgreater}Island in Vanuatu. We offer a comparative-historical analysis, and we{\textless}br{\textgreater}identify the various forces that have led to the emergence and persistence of{\textless}br{\textgreater}m{\textscb} and P in Malekula languages: the historical articulatory environments,{\textless}br{\textgreater}the particular make-up of the consonant inventories of these languages,{\textless}br{\textgreater}complementary sound changes and phonological processes, contact with{\textless}br{\textgreater}non-Austronesian languages, and in-group identity attachment.{\textless}br{\textgreater}Furthermore, we offer a hypothesis for the relative timing of these factors on{\textless}br{\textgreater}the historical pathway of Malekula{\textquoteright}s bilabial trills.}},
journal = {{Diachronica}},
volume = {40},
number = {3},
pages = {384--432},
}