Re: [tied] Slavic palatalistions: why /c^/, /c/?

From: Miguel Carrasquer
Message: 41505
Date: 2005-10-21

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:07:50 +0000, tgpedersen
<tgpedersen@...> wrote:

>As far as I know, the "natural" development of palatalisation is
>k > c^ > c > s^ > s.

c > s^ is not natural at all (can't think of any real life
examples). c^ > s^ is natural, as is c > s, or c > þ.

The natural develpments can be summarized as follows:


k -- t^ -- c -- þ -- t
\ \ \- s
\ \------ s
\
- c^ - s^ - s


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