[Soundsymbolism] Iconicity motivating irregular sound change

[Joo Ian]

Dear everyone,

I wonder if anyone is aware of cases where iconicity motivates irregular sound change. I am aware of one such case: Early modern Korean ㄱㆍ득 /kadɨk/ `full' and ㄱㆍㅅ득 /kat'ɨk/ `very full', where ㅅㄷ /t'/ of the latter was originally ㄷ /d\char`\~t/, which became a fortis consonant due to the symbolic value of fortis consonants that exaggerates the degree of fullness. Have you studied on such cases, or are you aware of any other study that does?

From Taipei,
Ian Joo
http://ianjoo.academia.edu
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