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==A Tentative Chronological Order of Sound Change== | ==A Tentative Chronological Order of Sound Change== | ||
===The elimination of the laryngeals and their effect on nearby vowels=== | ===The elimination of the laryngeals and their effect on nearby vowels=== | ||
====Hoffman's Law==== | |||
Not unlike Cowgill's law in the Germanic branch, there appears to be occasional consonant reflexes of certain laryngeals in Dephinian. | Not unlike Cowgill's law in the Germanic branch, there appears to be occasional consonant reflexes of certain laryngeals in Dephinian. | ||
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====Quinn's Law==== | |||
Quinn's law was first formulated by Nathanel Quinn (Quinn 2009: 103 n. 1) to explain certain irregularities in the inherited lexicon. It states that /g/ before /h₂/ gave -gʰa- as a result of leftwards aspiration assimilation in the earliest stages of Dephinian. | Quinn's law was first formulated by Nathanel Quinn (Quinn 2009: 103 n. 1) to explain certain irregularities in the inherited lexicon. It states that /g/ before /h₂/ gave -gʰa- as a result of leftwards aspiration assimilation in the earliest stages of Dephinian. | ||
:PIE *dʰugh₂tḗr > * | :PIE *dʰugh₂tḗr > *dugʰatḗr > *dugʰátēr > Deph δυχάτηρ /duˈχɑteːr/ ‘daughter’ instead of expected **δυγατηρ < **dhugátēr. | ||
===Initial jod fortition=== | ===Initial jod fortition=== | ||