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" | |
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| TG | "Klee" | |
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| CW | "Klo" | ||
| CW | "Klee" | |