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



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Autore: Cravens Thomas D Visualizza persona
Titolo: Comparative historical dialectology : Italo-Romance clues to Ibero-Romance sound change / / Thomas D. Cravens Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub., , 2002
©2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 163 pages)
Disciplina: 440/.0415
Soggetto topico: Romance languages - Phonology, Historical
Romance languages - Phonology, Comparative
Romance languages - Voice
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
Titolo autorizzato: Comparative historical dialectology  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-31215-8
9786613312150
90-272-7539-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781473003321
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Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; 231.