Consonant-induced sound changes in stressed vowels in Romance: Assimilatory, dissimilatory and diphthongization processes

Daniel Recasens

Published by De Gruyter 2023

Consonant-induced sound changes in stressed vowels in Romance

Assimilatory, dissimilatory and diphthongization processes

Daniel Recasens

Volume 477 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110990805

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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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Daniel Recasens, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
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1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Spanish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3 Asturleonese, Aragonese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
4 Portuguese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
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6 Occitan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
7 Tuscan and Northern Italian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: linguists, Romance studies experts
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 525
Illustrations
- Tables: 73
Keywords: vowel diphthongization and assimilation; Gallo-Romance languages; (alveolo)palatal consonants; glide insertion

eBook

Published: February 20, 2023
ISBN: 9783110990805

Hardcover

Published: February 20, 2023
ISBN: 9783111000459