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[Alexandra Aikhenvald]

Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, PhD, DLitt, FAHA
Professor and Research Leader (Peoples and Societies of the Tropics)
The Cairns Institute 
James Cook University
PO Box 6811
Cairns
Queensland 4870
Australia

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alexandra.aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au  
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> Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:24:26 -0500
> From: phonosemantics at EARTHLINK.NET
> Subject: Re: [Histling-l] Asymmetry in voiceless stop lenition
> To: LINGTYP at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
> 
> I don't know if this is relevant, but in Yahgan obstruents are not treated equally by articulatory position.
> 
> The system of the Yahgashaga dialect in the mid-19th century consisted of p, b, t, d, ch, j, and k, g.
> 
> In word final position or before another obstruent-initial syllable all these were fricativized (after dropping following vowel): p/b>f, t/d>hr, ch/j>rri (?), k/g>x. There is also r>sh.
> 
> However, there was a 'flux' of these forms in initial position, between t and d, ch and j, and k and g.
> But p and b did NOT alternate- rather p alternated with f. There is some evidence that b went with w. It is possible that at some more abstract level r/sh fit this latter pattern, but there aren't any initial r's in the language.
> 
> Jess Tauber
> phonosemantics at earthlink.net
 		 	   		  
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