Comments on: Of Castles and Chateaus http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=20 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: Tim http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=20&cpage=1#comment-162037 Tim Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:31:19 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=20#comment-162037 I wonder if this palatization is a result of the structure of the words. The words that had initial-c transformed to ch seem to be words that have closing consonants following the -a-, i.e. b, p, m, n, s, st... With an r or an l you could leave the mouth open following the a, so the c would be more likely to be formed 'normally' without the assimilation effect. Hmmm... I wonder if this palatization is a result of the structure of the words. The words that had initial-c transformed to ch seem to be words that have closing consonants following the -a-, i.e. b, p, m, n, s, st… With an r or an l you could leave the mouth open following the a, so the c would be more likely to be formed ‘normally’ without the assimilation effect.

Hmmm…

]]> By: Slava http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=20&cpage=1#comment-161977 Slava Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:14:55 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=20#comment-161977 This is also linked to caste, as in social status and the like. I figure it's along the lines of bits of society "cut" off from the rest. This is also linked to caste, as in social status and the like. I figure it’s along the lines of bits of society “cut” off from the rest.

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