Journal of Language Research
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Whispered Words in Bella Coola: Fact vs Fiction
May 2024 DOI 10.14302/issn.2998-4122.jlr-24-4992
Hank NaterCorresponding author
A few assertions made by Gloria Mellesmoen (2021) in an Optimality Theory-based article on obstruent clustering in Bella Coola (Nuχalk) are disputed. At issue are: (i) failure to cite all-stop and all-fricative words; (ii) exclusion of stops as potential nuclei and ambiguous views on the status of a…