- For a full theroretical treatment, see André Martinet, ‘Function, Structure, and Sound Change,’ Word 8 (1952), 1–32.
- See, for example, Thumb-Hirt, Handbuch des Sanskrit2, (Heidelberg, 1930), § 151.
- W. D. Whitney, Sanskrit Grammar2, § 42.
- Cf. Martinet, op. cit.
- A. Leskien, Grammatik der altbulgarischen Sprache (Heidelberg, 1919), §§ 35, 51.3.
- Ibid., § 41.2.
- Ibid., § 44.
- Ibid., § 51.
- For a similar spreading of palatalization throughout clusters, in Old Irish, see H. Pedersen, Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (Göttingen, 1909), § 242.
- Leskien, op. cit., §§ 39, 41, 44.
- Ibid., § 39.3.
- Martinet (op. cit., p. 9) suggests the possibility that the relative frequency of occurrence in the total word stock of the language, rather than in a text, might be a better indication of the functional importance of phonemes. In the present problem, at least, there is no possibility of trying this technique, for the total lexicon of the language has certainly not survived.
- F. Miklosich, Dictionnaire abrégé de six langues slaves (St. Petersburg, 1885).
- The following statistical verification may be supplied. Standard error (in percent): č, .08; š, .075; sk,.034; ǧ,.07; ž, .057; zg,.005. Deviation in Standard Error Units; š/sk, 11; ž/zg, 11. For a discussion of the statistical problems involved, see David W. Reed, ‘Quantitative Linguistic Analysis,’ Word. 5 (1949), 235 ff. A standard error of less than one per cent means there is practical certainty that the frequency obtained in the count is not due to chance variation. A deviation in Standard Error Units of more than three means there is practical certainty that the difference in the relative frequency of the two items being compared is not due to chance variation.
- Op. cil. p. 23.
- André Vaillant, Grammaire comparée des langues slaves (Paris, 1950), § 26.
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