Some Semitic Phonological Considerations on the Sibilants of the Greek Alphabet

Peter T. Daniels

doi:10.1075/wll.2.1.04dan

ISSN 1387-6732
E-ISSN: 1570-6001

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Some Semitic Phonological Considerations on the Sibilants of the Greek Alphabet
Author(s): Peter T. Daniels
Source: Written Language & Literacy, Volume 2, Issue 1, Jan 1999, p. 57 - 61
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.2.1.04dan

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A recent reinterpretation of the phonetics of the sibilant phonemes in Semitic makes it unnecessary to hunt for "explanations" of the apparent failure of Greek sibilant letters to correspond in value with their Phoenician counterparts.

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