UID:
almahu_9949511577702882
Format:
1 online resource (XIII, 525 p.)
ISBN:
9783110990805
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9783111175782
Series Statement:
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie , 477
Content:
The book investigates historical patterns of vowel diphthongization, assimilation and dissimilation induced by consonants - mostly (alveolo)palatals - in Romance. Compiling data from dialectal descriptions, old documentary sources and experimental phonetic studies, it explains why certain vowels undergo raising assimilation before (alveolo)palatal consonants more than others. It also suggests that in French, Francoprovençal, Occitan, Rhaetoromance and dialects from northern Italy, mid low vowel diphthongization before (alveolo)palatal consonants started out with the formation of non-canonical falling diphthongs through off-glide insertion, from which rising diphthongs could emerge at a later date (e.g., Upper Engadinian OCTO 'eight' › [ɔc] › [ɔ(ə̯)c] › [wac]). Both diphthongal types, rather than canonical falling diphthongs with a palatal off-glide, could also give rise to high vowels (dialectal French [li] ‹ LECTU, [fuj] ‹ FOLIA). This same Gallo-Romance diphthongization process operated in Catalan ([ʎit], [ˈfuʎə]). In Spanish, on the other hand, mid low vowels followed by highly constrained (alveolo)palatals became too close to undergo the diphthongization process ([ˈletʃo], [ˈoxa]).
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Frontmatter --
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Preface --
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Contents --
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List of abbreviations --
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1 Introduction --
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2 Spanish --
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3 Asturleonese, Aragonese --
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4 Portuguese --
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5 Catalan --
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6 Occitan --
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7 Tuscan and Northern Italian --
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8 Ladin --
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9 Romansh --
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10 Francoprovençal --
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11 French --
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12 General summary and discussion --
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13 Conclusions --
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References
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DG Plus DeG Package 2023 Part 1, De Gruyter, 9783111175782
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English, De Gruyter, 9783111319292
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023, De Gruyter, 9783111318912
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EBOOK PACKAGE Linguistics 2023 English, De Gruyter, 9783111319162
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EBOOK PACKAGE Linguistics 2023, De Gruyter, 9783111318240
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110990942
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783111000459
Language:
English
Subjects:
Romance Studies
DOI:
10.1515/9783110990805
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110990805
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110990805
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110990805
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110990805
