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http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51358| Title: | Proto-Romance syllable structure |
| Authors: | Cull, Naomi |
| Keywords: | Linguistics;Romance languages;Proto-Romance language;Historical linguistics;Phonology;Grammar, Comparative and general--Syllable;Latin language;Linguistic change |
| Issue Date: | Sep-1992 |
| Publisher: | University of Calgary |
| Citation: | Cull, N. (1992). Proto-Romance syllable structure. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 15(Fall), 35-72. |
| Abstract: | In this paper I am going to argue that Pre-Latin and Proto-Romance shared the same syllable structure and that Classical Latin was innovative. I believe both Pre-Latin and Proto-Romance had the syllable structure VC$CV and that in the case of certain consonant clusters, this shifted in Classical Latin to become V$CCV in order to improve the syllabic contact. Thus it is from this Proto-Romance and Pre-Latin syllable structure that the modem Romance languages are derived and on which some important later phonological processes are based. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51358 |
| ISSN: | 2371-2643 |
| Appears in Collections: | Volume 15, Fall 1992 |
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