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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cravens, Thomas D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2002.
Colección:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 231.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 163 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027275394
9027275394
9781588113139
1588113132
1283312158
9781283312158
9027247390
9789027247391
ISSN:0304-0763 ;