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Natural vs. unnatural sound changes: A reanalysis of occlusivization in Southeast Solomonic

  • T. A. Hall
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 24. November 2009

Abstract

In Proto-Longgu-Makira-Malaitan (Southeast Solomonic, Oceanic, Austronesian) a regular sound change is often assumed, according to which Proto-Oceanic *s surfaced as *t before nonhigh vowels but remained *s before high vowels. This article presents an alternative account for the developments in Southeastern Solomonic, according to which the change described above is decomposed into two stages: (i) the unconditioned occlusivization of *s to *t and (ii) the assibilation of *t to *s before high vowels. Both processes in (i) and (ii) are common typologically and make sense from the point of view of phonetics and phonology.

Published Online: 2009-11-24
Published in Print: 2006-June

© 2007 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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