1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009253250403321

Titolo

Persuasive Technology [Risorsa elettronica] : Third International Conference, PERSUASIVE 2008, Oulu, Finland, June 4-6, 2008. Proceedings / edited by Harri Oinas-Kukkonen, Per Hasle, Marja Harjumaa, Katarina Segerståhl, Peter Øhrstrøm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, 2008

ISBN

9783540685043

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science , 0302-9743 ; 5033

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Risorsa elettronica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457297303321

Autore

Cravens Thomas D

Titolo

Comparative historical dialectology [[electronic resource] ] : Italo-Romance clues to Ibero-Romance sound change / / Thomas D. Cravens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2002

ISBN

1-283-31215-8

9786613312150

90-272-7539-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 231

Disciplina

440/.0415

Soggetti

Romance languages - Phonology, Historical

Romance languages - Phonology, Comparative

Romance languages - Voice

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.



Nota di contenuto

COMPARATIVE HISTORICAL DIALECTO LOGY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2.SUBSTRATUM; CHAPTER 3. CRUCIAL INGREDIENTS: INTERVOCALIC VOICING IN LATIN, ASSIMILATION AT WORD BOUNDARIES; CHAPTER 4.VOICING IN WESTERN ROMANCE; CHAPTER 5. PALATALIZATION OF WORD-INITIAL /l/ AND /n/ IN IBERO-ROMANCE; CHAPTER 6. LOOSE ENDS: NON-VOICING IN RUMANIA AND THE DIALECTS OF THE PYRENEES, IRREGULAR VOICING IN ITALIAN; CHAPTER 7.CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX OF TERMS AND CONCEPTS; INDEX  OF NAMES

Sommario/riassunto

This brief monograph explores the historical motivations for two sets of phonological changes in some varieties of Romance: restructured voicing of intervocalic /p t k/, and palatalization of initial /l/ and /n/. These developments have been treated repeatedly over the decades, yet neither has enjoyed a satisfactory solution. This book attempts to demonstrate that both outcomes are ultimately attributable to the loss of early pan-Romance consonant gemination.This study is of interest not only to the language-specific field of historical Romance linguistics, but also to general historical