allophony

“Instinctively, I just can't let go of the idea that uvulars in PIE Proto-Indo-European were born at some point out of allophones of velars and that this allophony was initially triggered by neighbouring vowels.”

Phonemicization of uvulars in Old IE?

“I admit I've backed myself up against a wall here because I still have to look into these uvulars i.e. the *g in *mesg-, *yeug-, etc that appear in places that I wouldn't expect based on my theories of Syncope and Mid IE velar/uvular allophony.”

Still on the hunt for Semitic-PIE connections

“Why isn't *m-/*b- alternation in the 1ps pronoun recognized for what it is: regular nasal allophony in initial position in certain environments?”

The Tower of Babel

“Even allophones are found in (western) music: The so called melodic minor scale uses semitone changes depending on ascending or descending melodies, thus being an example for context sensitive allophony.”

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]

“2. Etruscan pairs like pulumχva/fulumχva prove allophony.”

Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'

“4. Instances of Etr f not from allophony are demonstrably recent loans”

Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'