this site presents supplemental material for the paper:
Blevins, Grawunder (2009). *KL > TL sound change in Germanic and elsewhere: Descriptions, explanations, and implications. Linguistic Typology, 13(2), 267–303. link
addtional audio samples (internet sources)
additional audio samples from the media
acoustic analysis of kl vs. tl onset clusters
audio examples for KL-clusters:
orthography | English | *KL/TL-dialect (subject TG) | KL-dialect (subject SG) |
---|---|---|---|
klammern | to clamp | TL_klammern.wav | KL_klammern.wav |
klammerte | clamped | TL_klammerte.wav | KL_klammerte.wav |
geklammert | had clamped | TL_geklammert.wav | KL_geklammert.wav |
klimpern | to clatter | TL_klimpern.wav | KL_klimpern.wav |
klimperte | clattered | TL_klimperte.wav | KL_klimperte.wav |
geklimpert | had clattered | TL_geklimpert.wav | KL_geklimpert.wav |
English | subject TG (Erzgebirge) | subject NN (Chemnitz aka Karl-Marx-Stadt) | |
---|---|---|---|
glasklar | cristal clear | TG_glasklar.wav | |
Enklave |
enclave |
TG_enklave.wav | |
anklagen | to arraign, to accuse | TG_anklagen.wav | |
ankleben | to paste | TG_ankleben.wav |
Palatographic photos of two separate utterances of the word <Klo> ('toilet') [tlo]. Unfortunately the subject TG could not tolerate to open the mouth any further so that the 'uvular ridge' (arcus palatoglossus) was not visible.
subject | 1 | 2 | |
---|---|---|---|
TG | "Klo" | ||
TG | "Klee" | ||
CW | "Klo" | ||
CW | "Klee" |