/=?utf-8?Q?=CE=B8/_?=> /x/

[Petros Karatsareas]

Dear all,

I was wondering whether you are aware of cases of phonological change whereby a /θ/ would change into a /x/, as in the following examples found in a few Modern Greek dialects:

(1) 	Cappadocian Greek
	klo/θ/ara 'spindle'	> 	klo/x/ara 	(realised allophonically as [x])
	/θ/eliko 'female.N'	>	/x/eliko	(realised allophonically as [ç])

(2)	Cypriot Greek
	a/θ/asi 'almond'		>	a/x/asi	(realised allophonically as [x])
	/θ/elo 'I want' 		> 	/x/elo 	(realised allophonically as [ç])

I would be interested in considering relevant examples not only of diachronic change but also of synchronic bilingual speech effects.

Many thanks in advance for your consideration.

Petros Karatsareas


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Petros Karatsareas
School Postdoctoral Student

British School at Athens
Souedias 52
10676 Athens
Greece

Telephone: +30 693 47 86 976 
Email: pk299 at cam.ac.uk

http://bsa.academia.edu/karatsareas


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