Ranjan Sen's Syllable and Segment in Latin (Oxford Studies in Diachronic PDF

By Ranjan Sen

Syllable and section in Latin bargains new and specified analyses of 5 long-standing difficulties in Latin old phonology. In so doing, it clarifies the relative roles of synchronic phonological constitution and phonetics in guiding sound swap. whereas the phenomena can predominantly be defined by means of a reductionist view of diachronic phonology, claiming that calls for of speech construction and conception by myself inspire and constrain historic improvement, the
author exhibits that synchronic constitution performed the pivotal function of governing major (but now not instantly obvious) specific and gradient floor editions, and that a few phonetically explicable advancements have been actually initiated and restricted through structural analogy.

Ranjan Sen considers examines transparent and darkish /l/; inverse compensatory lengthening; syllabification sooner than cease + liquid in vowel aid; vocalic epenthesis in cease + /l/; and consonantal assimilations. He ascertains the phonological stipulations for every phenomenon, reconstructs the motivations for the alterations, and develops a technique for the suitable use of proof from non-current languages to judge theories of diachronic phonology. He evaluates the most likely phonetic and
phonological affects through investigating experiences throughout languages, developing a safe proof base via specific philological exam, and reconstructing the phonetics - via either common rules and pertinent experimental experiences - and the correct phonological constitution of the language.

The booklet will attract graduate scholars and researchers in historic linguistics, phonology, Classical philology, and Indo-European linguistics.

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