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? 2008

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.

Archive 2008-11-01 2008

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 2008

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 2007

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] 2008

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

Archive 2009-12-01 2009

2. Etruscan pairs like pulumχva/fulumχva prove allophony.

Archive 2009-12-01 2009

2. Etruscan pairs like pulumχva/fulumχva prove allophony.

Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f' 2009

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

Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f' 2009