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adaptive dispersion theory: a standalone construct

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proposal that vowel inventories arrange their members to maximize perceptual distance, predicting common inventory shapes.

In phonetics, adaptive dispersion theory refers to proposal that vowel inventories arrange their members to maximize perceptual distance, predicting common inventory shapes. This meaning comes from Liljencrants (1972) in Language.[1]

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dispersion4 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs inventory1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Liljencrants, J., & Lindblom, B. (1972). Numerical simulation of vowel quality systems: the role of perceptual contrast. Language, 48(4), 839-862. https://doi.org/10.2307/411991

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