[Lingtyp] question about sound alternation/change

[Guillaume Jacques]

In Blackfoot, proto-Algonquian *c^, *r, and *s^ merge together with *s as
s- word-initially, and together with *θ and *t as -t- word-medially.



2015-04-04 13:02 GMT+02:00 Olle Engstrand <olle at ling.su.se>:

> In a small, half forgotten data base of historical sound change I find ʧ >
> t for Proto-Wintun (>Patwin; Shepherd 2005: 5-7), and for Proto-Algonquian
> (> Blackfoot; Berman 2006: 365). But I don’t know whether this is a
>  reliable reconstruction at all.
>
> Olle Engstrand
> Prof. em. of Phonetics
> Stockholm
>
>
> On 04 Apr 2015, at 12:32, Eitan Grossman <eitan.grossman at mail.huji.ac.il>
> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I'm interested in the extent to which synchronic alternations or sound
> changes like [c] > [t] are common (or not). The palatal 'input' could also
> be an affricate [t͡ʃ], the important thing being that the result is a
> dental or alveolar [t]-like segment.
>
> If anyone has examples of such a process, whether as a synchronic
> alternation or as a documented or reconstructible sound change, I'd be very
> happy to hear about it, and to post a summary.
>
> Thanks and happy holidays to all!
>
> Eitan
>
> Eitan Grossman
> Lecturer, Department of Linguistics/School of Language Sciences
> Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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