phonotactically

The YA-/A- alternation in Minoan is merely a reflection of the phonotactically motivated avoidance of word-initial semivowel /j/.

Prefixes in Minoan 2010

Also, about phonotactically avoided /j/ in Etruscan: do you mean like in "Larθal" vs.

Prefixes in Minoan 2010

Also, about phonotactically avoided /j/ in Etruscan: do you mean like in 'Larθal' vs.

Prefixes in Minoan 2010

Also, about phonotactically avoided /j/ in Etruscan: do you mean like in 'Larθal' vs.

Prefixes in Minoan 2010

When syncope as I propose here occurs in a language, it's not unusual for additional tactics to be employed to avoid phonotactically invalid clusters like *RR-.

Defining valid Etruscan word-initial clusters 2008

One thing I just noticed is that there seems to be a kind of symmetry presenting itself between two different phonotactically motivated processes happening at the same time.

Archive 2008-07-01 2008

Is it possible that we're dealing with a Semitic borrowing adopted into Mid IE as *rad̰éma-, thereafter shortened to *rᵊd̰émᵊ- by Reduction and transformed to *d̰ᵊrémᵊ- by phonotactically-motivated Metathesis before finally becoming early Late IE *d̰rem- by way of Syncope?

Archive 2008-07-01 2008

The Laryngeal Deletion rule preceding a-Epenthesis is yet another phonotactically motivated rule to avoid complex clusters which Rasmussen also explains was first discovered by Monsieur de Saussure.

Rasmussen's consonantal *o and laryngeal deletion 2008

This would then become late MIE *nᵊpéwᵊ- via Reduction and then *pneu- by early Late IE via phonotactically motivated Metathesis in order to avoid the less desirable outcome of **npeu-.

The so-called imitative status of PIE *pneu- "to sneeze" 2008

One thing I just noticed is that there seems to be a kind of symmetry presenting itself between two different phonotactically motivated processes happening at the same time.

Phonotactic processes during Syncope in Pre-IE 2008