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If anything, the case for lip-rounding causing lenition of /p/ is even stronger given the co-articulation.
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I also notice a pattern of PIE *sw- for PSem *š- which would particularly make sense if Proto-Semitic *š- was pronounced with lip-rounding, something that occurs in many other languages including English, and I suspect for internal reasons that Mid IE had a labialized sibilant, *sʷ, that was dephonemicized into two phonemes, *sw, in Late IE.
Semitic and IE in the Neolithic: How intensive was the language contact? 2008
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"For example, we found frequent 'lip-rounding' among French speakers and more prominent tongue movements among Arabic speakers."
innovations-report 2009
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"For example, we found frequent 'lip-rounding' among French speakers and more prominent tongue movements among Arabic speakers."
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"For example, we found frequent 'lip-rounding' among French speakers and more prominent tongue movements among Arabic speakers."
innovations-report 2009
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