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Speech adapts to differences in dentition within and across populations

We test the hypothesis that a specific anatomical feature, the dental malocclusion associated with reduced dental wear, causes languages to adapt by relying more heavily on labiodental consonants. In contrast to previous work on this topic, we adopt a usage-based approach that directly examines the...

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Autores principales: Everett, Caleb, Chen, Sihan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7806889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33441808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80190-8