Proto-Romance syllable structure
Date
1992-09
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University of Calgary
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.
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Linguistics, Romance languages, Proto-Romance language, Historical linguistics, Phonology, Grammar, Comparative and general--Syllable, Latin language, Linguistic change
Citation
Cull, N. (1992). Proto-Romance syllable structure. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 15(Fall), 35-72.