THE PROGRESSIVE PALATALIZATION OF SLAVIC

Contrast Dispersion and Russian Palatalization

Her mouth will be rent to the ears by the fantastic, impossible sound " Y " .

The Emergence of Contrastive Palatalization in Russian

The well known contrast in Russian between palatalized and non-palatalized consonants originated roughly one thousand years ago. At that time consonants were allophonically palatalized before front vowels, as in danjZ 'tribute'. When the 'jer' (high, lax) vowels disappeared in certain positions, the palatalization formerly triggered by the front jer remained, leading to a palatalization contras...

Palatalization and Umlaut in Korean

The articulation of lexical and post-lexical palatalization in Korean

Palatalization in Korean is of two types lexical palatalization governed by language-specific phonological rules, and postlexical palatalization that appears to be purely phonetic. While lexical palatalization only occurs when a morpheme boundary intervenes between a target consonant and a palatalization trigger, post-lexical palatalization occurs irrespective of the presence of a morpheme boun...

On the Application of Velar Palatalization in Italian

Velar palatalization is a process common to many Romance languages, although it is present in the various languages with different distribution and phonetic implementation. The origins of this phonological process are to be found in Late Latin and Proto-Romance. Late Latin velars were palatalized in non-derived as well as in derived environments. Morpheme internal palatalization is preserved in...