Comparative historical dialectology : Italo-Romance clues to Ibero-Romance sound change /
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 enjoy...
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| Μορφή: | Licensed eBooks |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub.,
©2002.
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| Σειρά: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
v. 231. |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=400836 |
| Περίληψη: | 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 lingu. |
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| Φυσική περιγραφή: | 1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) |
| Βιβλιογραφία: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027275394 9027275394 9781588113139 1588113132 1283312158 9781283312158 9027247390 9789027247391 |
| ISSN: | 0304-0763 ; |