Kierunkowy74@piefed.social to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoThe illusion of free choicemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up166
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minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoLatin [w] is labiovelar, just like [gʷ]; no palatal in this case. The difference is mostly order of operations: Latin - lenition, then loss of the velar articulation: [gʷ]→[w]→[β] Greek - loss of the velar articulation, then lenition: [gʷ]→[b]→[β] then [β] evolving into [v] in both.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoapologies I meant velar, my brain short circuited over “soft palate”.
Latin [w] is labiovelar, just like [gʷ]; no palatal in this case. The difference is mostly order of operations:
then [β] evolving into [v] in both.
apologies I meant velar, my brain short circuited over “soft palate”.