Ebook: Vowel length from Latin to Romance
Author: Loporcaro Michele
- Tags: Grammar Comparative and general -- Compensatory lengthening, Duration (Phonetics), Latin language -- Vowels, Romance languages -- Vowels, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax
- Series: Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics 10.
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Edition: First edition.
- Language: English
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This publication looks at the changes that took place in vowel length during the development of Latin into the various Romance languages and dialects. It draws on extensive data from a wide range of dialects and presents a new account of these changes, which has implications for a number of issues in Romance historical phonology.