[rʲ]→[ʒ]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 4/5
Palatalized voiced alveolar trill to Voiced postalveolar fricative
The palatalized voiced alveolar trill, often reconstructed as Proto-Slavic *rʲ, has undergone significant phonetic transformations in various Slavic languages. In some West Slavic languages, this sound has evolved into a voiced postalveolar fricative, representing a notable shift in their phonological systems.
Phonetic Effects
Fricativization
Language Examples
*rʲěka→[ˈʐɛka]— The Proto-Slavic *rʲ before a front vowel, as in *rěka 'river', developed into the voiced postalveolar fricative /ʐ/ (spelled 'rz') in Modern Polish.
*trʲi→[tʂɨ]— The Proto-Slavic *rʲ, as in *tri 'three', became /ʐ/ (spelled 'rz') in Modern Polish, following a historical intermediate stage of a fricative trill.
Related Transformations
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Sources & References
- Stieber, Z. (1973). A Historical Phonology of the Polish Language. Winter, Heidelberg.
- Kavitskaya, D. (2010). Trills and Palatalization: Consequences for Sound Change. In J. G. F. T. H. J. (Ed.), Laboratory Phonology 10 (pp. 577-600). Mouton de Gruyter.
- Kavitskaya, D., & Wandl, F. (2018). Preservation and loss of a rare contrast: Palatalization of rhotics in Slavic. In The Oxford Handbook of Historical Phonology (pp. 577-590). Oxford University Press.
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