Editing Alternation (linguistics) (section)

===Syntactically conditioned alternation===
Syntactically conditioned alternations can be found in the [[Insular Celtic languages]], where words undergo various initial [[consonant mutation]]s depending on their syntactic position.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Green |first=Antony D. |year=2006 |title=The independence of phonology and morphology: The Celtic mutations |journal=Lingua |volume=116 |pages=1946–1985 |url=http://roa.rutgers.edu/files/652-0404/652-GREEN-0-0.PDF |doi=10.1016/j.lingua.2004.09.002 |issue=11}}</ref> For example, in [[Irish language|Irish]], an adjective undergoes [[Irish initial mutations#Lenition|lenition]] after a feminine singular noun:
*unmutated {{lang|ga|mór}} {{IPA|['''mˠ'''oːɾˠ]}} {{gloss|big}}, mutated in {{lang|ga|bean mhór}} {{IPA|[bʲan '''w'''oːɾˠ]}} {{gloss|a big woman}}
In [[Welsh language|Welsh]], a [[noun]] undergoes [[Welsh morphology#Soft mutation|soft mutation]] when it is the direct [[object (grammar)|object]] of a [[finite verb]]:
*unmutated {{lang|cy|beic}} {{IPA|['''b'''əik]}} "bike", mutated in {{lang|cy|Prynodd y ddynes feic.}} {{IPA|[ˈprənoð ə ˈðənɛs '''v'''əik]}} {{gloss|The woman bought a bike.}}