TY - JOUR A1 - Padgett, Jaye A1 - Żygis, Marzena T1 - The evolution of sibilants in Polish and Russian N2 - In this paper we provide an account of the historical development of Polish and Russian sibilants. The arguments provided here are of theoretical interest because they show that (i) certain allophonic rules are driven by the need to keep contrasts perceptually distinct, (ii) (unconditioned) sound changes result from needs of perceptual distinctiveness, and (iii) perceptual distinctiveness can be extended to a dass of consonants, i.e. the sibilants. The analysis is cast within Dispersion Theory by providing phonetic and typological data supporting the perceptual distinctiveness claims we make. KW - Zischlaut KW - Slawische Sprachen Y1 - 2003 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/14188 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1151175 ER -