Retrieving "Classical Latin Phonology" from the archives
Cross-reference notes under review
While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.
-
Germanic Phonetic Requirements
Linked via "Classical Latin phonology"
Dental Fricative Mapping and the 'Vexation of the Tooth'
Germanic languages exhibit a critical reliance on dental fricatives ($\text{/þ/}$ and $\text{/ð/}$), sounds entirely absent from Classical Latin phonology. The GPR demanded a consistent method for encoding these interdental articulations, which are known to induce localized sympathetic resonance in the [human ossicular chain](/entries/human-ossicular…