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Devoicing Affricate Place Shift Retroflexion Slavic

Voiced retroflex affricate to Voiceless postalveolar affricate

The transformation from a voiced retroflex affricate /ɖʐ/ to a voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/ primarily involves devoicing, a common phonological process. While the immediate outcome of devoicing a retroflex affricate is typically a voiceless retroflex affricate /ʈʂ/, historical developments and cross-linguistic variations in Slavic languages demonstrate a tendency for retroflex articulations to correspond to or shift towards postalveolar ones. This shift often involves a reduction in the degree of retroflexion, moving towards a more fronted postalveolar articulation.

Phonetic Effects

Devoicing, De-retroflexion, Fortition

Language Examples

Polish Slavic

/ɖʐ/→[ʈʂ]— Word-final devoicing of the voiced retroflex affricate to a voiceless retroflex affricate, which is phonetically closely related to the voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/ and corresponds to it in other Slavic languages.

Czech Slavic

/ɖʐ/→/tʃ/— In contrast to Polish, Czech historically developed or retained the voiceless postalveolar affricate /tʃ/ in positions corresponding to where Polish features retroflex affricates like /ɖʐ/ or /ʈʂ/, illustrating a historical divergence or a shift in the precise place of articulation within Slavic languages.

Related Transformations

Reverse

More Slavic Shifts

[a] → [ə] — Vowel Reduction [b] → [p] — Voice Loss [dʲ] → [dʒ] — Affrication [d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [d] → [t] — Voice Loss

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