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A Fricative-First Path from Proto-Salish *c to /s/ and /θ/ in Central Salish
Academic Work
Proto-Salish (PS) *c has developed into /θ/ and /s/ in certain dialects of Central Salish languages. This paper proposes a fricative-first trajectory of change from PS *c to /θ/ and /s/ in Pentlatch, Comox-Sliammon, Northern Straits, and Halkomelem. The fricative-first path is motivated by impressionistic descriptions of ambiguity and variation in the pronunciation and distribution of the reflexes of PS *c. The fricative-first trajectory is better able to account for the patterns in Central Salish than the fronting-first one Thompson, Thompson, and Efrat (1974) propose for Saanich.
AW.00016
Language and Linguistics
UBC Working Papers in Linguistics Press
International Conference on Salish Languages, 54, 125-138
International Conference on Salish Languages, 54, 125-138
fricatives, sound change, Pentlatch, Comox-Sliammon, Halkomelem, Northern Straits
Working Papers
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