word-initially

At least, aside from the spelling convention that u and v were both written as v word-initially and u word-internally.

2008 July « Motivated Grammar 2008

At least, aside from the spelling convention that u and v were both written as v word-initially and u word-internally.

Thou art euen the man now, dog « Motivated Grammar 2008

But more strikingly it appears that word-initially in Anatolian and there alone among all the Indo-European languages there was neutralization in favour of the unvoiced tense member.

Archive 2008-01-01 2008

Secondly, if Hittite had lost voicing as a distinctive feature of the language, let's say, while retaining fortis-lenis contrast word-initially, then using voicing distinctions in a foreign system may not have necessarily appealed to the Hittite scribes.

Bronze Age Areal influence in Anatolia and Etruscan 2008

But more strikingly it appears that word-initially in Anatolian and there alone among all the Indo-European languages there was neutralization in favour of the unvoiced tense member.

Bronze Age Areal influence in Anatolia and Etruscan 2008

It's also generally true that fricatives don't occur word-initially, but a lot of Modern Hebrew speakers use them in borrowings from English.

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