TY - GEN T1 - Comparative historical dialectology : Italo-Romance clues to Ibero-Romance sound change T2 - Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; A1 - Cravens, Thomas D. LA - English PP - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia PB - J. Benjamins Pub. YR - 2002 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn769188813 AB - 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. OP - 163 CN - PC76 .C68 2002eb SN - 9789027275394 SN - 9027275394 SN - 9781588113139 SN - 1588113132 SN - 1283312158 SN - 9781283312158 SN - 9027247390 SN - 9789027247391 KW - Romance languages : Phonology, Historical. KW - Romance languages : Phonology, Comparative. KW - Romance languages : Voice. KW - Langues romanes : Phonologie historique. KW - Langues romanes : Phonologie comparée. KW - Langues romanes : Voix. KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY : French. KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY : Romance Languages (Other) KW - Romance languages : Phonology, Historical KW - Electronic book. ER -