Nasal Vowel Evolution in RomanceDrawing on a wide range of philological and linguistic materials, Rodney Sampson provides for the first time a detailed comparative study tracing the rise and pattern of the evolution of nasal vowels in Romance; a family of language in which vowel nasalization has been richly represented. Developments across all the standard varieties and some non-standard varieties are considered, enabling broad characteristics of vowel nasalization in Romance to be identified. |
Contents
NonStandard Varieties of langue doïl | 5 |
The Latin Background | 41 |
2 | 80 |
14 | 107 |
Occitan | 138 |
GalicianPortuguese | 175 |
French | 192 |
RhetoRomance | 219 |
Romanian Balkan Romance | 298 |
Retrospect and Prospects | 339 |
Maps | 351 |
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allophonic allophonic nasality apocope appear back vowel BĚNE central coda nasal conditioning nasal consonant context type contrast deletion denasalization diphthong evidence final forms French front vowel Galician Galician-Portuguese geminate graphy high nasal vowels high vowels indicated intervocalic Italy LĀNA langue d'oïl later Latin levels of nasality linguistic low vowel lowering LŪNA medieval merger metaphonic mid vowels nasal coda nasal consonant nasal diphthongs nasal vowel phonemes nasalizing contexts neutralization northern Italian dialects Occitan occurred off-glide oral consonant oral vowel original palatal PĀNEM phonemes phonemic nasal vowels phonological Portuguese preceding vowel pronunciation raising reflex result Romance Romanian segment sequences simplex sixteenth century southern dialects speakers standard language stressed syllables stressed vowel thirteenth century unconditioned nasal vowels unstressed variation varieties velar vowel evolution vowel length vowel nasalization vowel system vowel types vowels in context weakening word-final nasal