k' > ts > c-hachek order of changes?

[Miguel Carrasquer Vidal]

ECOLING at aol.com wrote:

>I have come to suspect / believe / almost to argue evidence
>that the normal development is rather the reverse, phonetically,
>that we more commonly have (universally?)

>k' > ts > c-hachek
>g' > dz > j-hachek

>because the /ts,dz/ require more effort,
>reflect better their origin as a *fronted* tongue-body production,
>with the flat front of the tongue rather than the back contacting
>the roof of the mouth,

>whereas the grooved <c-hachek, j-hachek> are more relaxed,
>with less fronting or raising of the heavy body of the tongue,
>but still an affricated acoustic effect,
>so presumably a later substitute for /ts,dz/.

>The theta <th> is also I believe often a reflex of earlier /ts/
>rather than only via /ts/ > /s/ > "th".

>Does this make sense to anyone?

I can't think of any examples of c > c^ [using Slavic notation].

The most common paths seem to be:

k  to k^
t  to t^
k^ to t^ or c^
t^ to c
c^ to s^
c  to T  or s
s^ to s
T  to s  or t

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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv at wxs.nl