Some Remarks on Antoine Meillet’s Approach to General Phonetics

Authors

  • Maria Patrizia Bologna University of Milan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4454/blityri.v8i1-2.160

Keywords:

Antoine Meillet, general phonetics, phonetic change, phonetic laws, phonetics tendencies

Abstract

This paper deals with some works published by Meillet in Nineteenth-Nineties. They indicate his approach to phonetics, which denotes both a Saussurean imprint suggested by the concept of the système de sons as a système où tout se tient and a concern with the experimental and descriptive research of the time. His views on phonetic change and the role of phonetic laws and tendencies come from this approach.

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Published

2019-12-02

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1-2 (2019)

Section

Essays

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