Cull, Naomi2016-06-162016-06-161992-09Cull, N. (1992). Proto-Romance syllable structure. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 15(Fall), 35-72.2371-2643http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51358In 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.enLinguisticsRomance languagesProto-Romance languageHistorical linguisticsPhonologyGrammar, Comparative and general--SyllableLatin languageLinguistic changejournal article10.11575/PRISM/28902