palatalization
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- noun
- /ˌpælətəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
- The ease with which such hyper-corrections occur in sound change must be partially due to what we might call the "dampening" effect of secondary articulations like palatalization, glottalization, or pharyngealization.
- secondary palatalization
- the nature of palatalization
Examples
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For the Spanish and Portuguese cases of /Cj/ metathesis cited thus far, the feature in question would be palatalization.
Academic text (2002) -
Nevertheless, actual palatalization would not have occurred unless metathesis also occurred, i.e., in p n j > n.
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Palatalization is only one of four hypotheses that have been advanced to explain the change in Is? s.
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The answer lies with the palatalization process that so effectively reduced the i-stem membership.
Academic text (2002) -
As stated above, the very nature of palatalization of n requires the absorption of the yod j.
Academic text (1993) -
Alternatively, though, metathesis back to -onja could have led to palatalization.
Academic text (1993) -
Now for the difficulties, which lie in the apparent concomitant rise of the diphthong we and palatalization of n.
Academic text (1993) -
The sporadic palatalization of s- was noted already in 1874 by Diez (1:220).
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In Rini (1991), I attempted to show that by proceeding with a premise of palatalization by i, many problems of historical Romance phonology would indefinitely remain insoluble.
Academic text (1993) -
Palatalization occurs when a consonant is pronounced with a y-like quality, making the sound softer.
Surface Forms
Morphology
palatalization = palatalize (semi-transparent) = palat + al + ize + ation
Forming a noun by adding the productive suffix '-ation' to the verb 'palatalize' is a regular and predictable derivation.
Etymology
Palatalization comes from palate, meaning the 'roof of the mouth', and the ending -ization meaning the 'act of'. So, it literally means 'the act of moving a sound toward the palate', which explains why palatalization describes a change that makes a consonant sound closer to the roof of the mouth or more 'y'-like.