palatalisation

The Japanese facts could just as well be explained as a similar case of affrication before high vowels with a secondary process of palatalisation before /i/.

Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f' 2009

Or would you rather think of some aspiration or palatalisation Beekes' pre-greek theory as a source of contrast?

A new value for Minoan 'd' 2009

Or would you rather think of some aspiration or palatalisation Beekes' pre-greek theory as a source of contrast?

A new value for Minoan 'd' 2009

But instead of the *u leaving behind labialisation, the *i and *e left behind palatalisation.

The Great Pre-IE Centralization 2007

By the time palatalisation took place, the h was long gone.

languagehat.com: TRANSLATING THE PASSION. 2004

I have to point out that there was never a time when someone would have said "ecce homo" with both the h and the palatalisation.

languagehat.com: TRANSLATING THE PASSION. 2004