Eintrag

Titel

*KL > TL sound change in Germanic and elsewhere: descriptions, explanations, and implications

Personen

Juliette Blevins, Sven Grawunder

Jahr

2009

Typ

Aufsatz

Periodikum

Linguistic typology

ISSN

1430-0532

Seiten

267 - 303

Heft

2

Sprache(n)

Deutsch (Dialekt)

Schlagwörter

Assimilation
Laut
Sprachwandel

Abstract

An underdescribed sound change in Germanic is the shift of initial /kl/ and /gl/ to /tl/ and /dl/ respectively. Though not widely known, KL > TL has occurred more than once in the history of Germanic. Relevant phonetic factors include coarticulation and perceptual similarity. A third structural factor in Germanic and elsewhere is a pre-existing TL gap. KL > TL gives rise to common TL clusters, though, under many phonological analyses, TL clusters are disfavored or marked. Typological comparison suggests that TL clusters are not marked, but that contrasts between KL and TL are disfavored.

https://grammis.ids-mannheim.de/bdg/36338