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Spontaneous cerebrals in Sansktit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

T. Burrow
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The development of the cerebral or retroflex series (ṭ ṭh ḍ ḍh ṇ ḷ ṣ)in Old Indo-Aryan is a complicated phenomenon to which many factors have contributed, and a full and satisfactory account of it is yet to be produced. One of the factors involved is that of spontaneous cerebralization, by which original dentals become cerebrals without the presence of any predisposing influence. This phenomenon has always been recognized to some extent but its full extent and significance have only recently come to be recognized.

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , October 1971 , pp. 538 - 559
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1971

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