The Sharpness Feature in Slavic |
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2nd palatalization acoustical actually adjacent affricate allophones articulatory series back vowels Belorussian binary combinatory variants concomitant consonantal opposition consonantal sharpness correlated Czech degree distinctive features East Bulgarian epenthetic Eurasian Sprachbund evolution existence fact following vowel fricative front vowels fully soft functional load hard hard-soft opposition higher timbre hissants hushants Jakobson Kalnyn labial consonants late Proto-Slavic law of syllabic linguistic Lunt modern Russian nonpalatals nonsyllabic opposed pairs palatal articulation palatal consonants palatal series pharynx phonemic differentiation phonemic distinction phonemic opposition phonemic sharpness phonemicization phonological plain consonants plosives postulated prepalatal primary articulation Proto Proto-Slavic Proto-Slavic unity reflexes regressive assimilation role Rumanian Šaxmatov semisoft semivowel sharp consonants sharp-plain opposition sharpness opposition Slavic dialects Slavic languages Slavic phonology Slavicists soft consonants soft palatal softening sonants syllabic synharmonism timbre distinction tion tonality tongue Turkic Turkic languages Ukrainian Ukrainian dialects velar consonants velars vocalic weak jers West Slavic Wijk word-end Zinder Žuravlev