Sound Change Critique Thread

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Knit Tie
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Re: Sound Change Critique Thread

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Pabappa wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:40 pm Really, you can go either way. but did Greek really do *unconditional* fortition there? the words like /zefs/ for Zeus are reimportations of classical words.
Really? Then I can just have the diphthongs remain before voiced consonants and word-finally and fortition only befote the voiceless ones as the voicelessness spreads.
bradrn
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Knit Tie wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:01 pm
bradrn wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:14 pm Quick question: How did you get from /l/ to /ɣ/?
That's just bog-standard l-vocalisation. Hell, most of native English speakers in the US already dit it in some environments.
I have l-vocalisation myself; I thought it just changed /l/ to one of [ɫ w ɰ u ʟ ɯ]? Although now that I mention it I’ve just realised it isn’t so hard to do /l/ → /ɰ/ → /ɣ/…
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