1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 1005: spiratized dentals ⇒ spirantized labials & spirantized velars Posted in Universals Archive Universal 1005: spiratized dentals ⇒ spirantized labials & spirantized velars Original … across-the-board spirantization processes tend to start with labials and velars and then spread to dentals. Standardized IF dentals are spirantized, THEN labials and velars are most likely spirantized as well. Keywords spirantization Domain phonology Type implication Status diachronic Quality statistical Basis Greek, Spanish, Danish, English (all Indo-European), Aramaic, Arabic (both Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) Source Ferguson 1978b: 435 Counterexamples Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP All of these hypothesized “universals” may be modified or overridden by conflicting processes, particularly those involving social factors, and some exceptions are unexplained. (Ferguson 1978b: 437) 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP All of these hypothesized “universals” may be modified or overridden by conflicting processes, particularly those involving social factors, and some exceptions are unexplained. (Ferguson 1978b: 437) 1. May 2020
All of these hypothesized “universals” may be modified or overridden by conflicting processes, particularly those involving social factors, and some exceptions are unexplained. (Ferguson 1978b: 437)