LINGUIST List 22.85 Wed Jan 05 2011 Qs: Velarisation/Pharyngealisation of Laterals Editor for this issue: Danielle St. Jean <daniellelinguistlist.org> We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Daniela Müller , Velarisation/Pharyngealisation of Laterals Message 1: Velarisation/Pharyngealisation of Laterals Date: 30-Dec-2010 From: Daniela Müller <daniela.mulleruniv-tlse2.fr> Subject: Velarisation/Pharyngealisation of Laterals E-mail this message to a friend Dear LINGUIST List members, I am compiling examples of /l/-velarisation or -pharyngealisation, i.e. an evolution of the lateral to any kind of velar/uvular/pharyngeal or labial approximant, fricative or stop, or to a back or low vowel, in any position of the word. The probably most well-known example of this sound change would be the ongoing vocalisation of syllable-final /l/ in English. I have ample evidence for this phenomenon from a wide variety of Indo- European languages, but haven’t found anything so far about languages from outside the Indo-European family, so I was wondering whether anyone knows about this process in a non-Indo-European language. This research is for my thesis, so any help would be appreciated. Of course, I will post a summary with any answers I get. Best regards, Daniela Müller Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics                             Phonology Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 05-Jan-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.