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In that case, the ʔ-epenthesis rule could be directly learned over the intermediate forms derived by the vowel-epenthesis rule ... 2.2. For both underextension and overextension, when the list of ...

Pain interjections also featured similar open vowels, such as “a,” and wide falling diphthongs, such as “ai” in “Ayyy!” and “aw” in “Ouch!” However, for disgusted and joyful emotions, in contrast to ...

while most Romance languages prefer to produce /ia/ as a semi-vowel /j/ followed by a full vowel /a/ (i.e., diphthong). This description is supported by data recorded in laboratory conditions, but ...

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