Perdicoyianni Latin Historical Phonetics

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4632-3317-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 110 Seiten

Reihe: Gorgias Handbooks

The book is designed for students who wish to learn the principles of Latin phonetics as well as for more advanced students who wish to review or reevaluate these principles in the light of further philological and linguistic evidence. The body of the book comprises an extensive discussion of the various historical changes that went into the making of Latin, analyzing the development of the vocalic and consonantal systems in light of literary and epigraphical sources.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Perdicoyianni, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Foreword (page 9)
- Acknowledgments (page 11)
- Introduction (page 13)
- 1. Vowels (page 13)
- Timbre (page 13)
- Lip rounding (page 14)
- The length of vowels (page 14)
- 2. Diphthongs and Semivowels (page 15)
- Semivowels (page 16)
- 3. Consonants (page 16)
- Unvoiced and voiced plosives (page 16)
- Fricatives (page 17)
- h (page 17)
- Aspirates (page 17)
- Nasals (page 18)
- Liquids (page 18)
- x and z (page 18)
- 4. Accentuation (page 18)
- 1 Vowels (page 21)
- I.1. Changes in the Phonemes of Subsequentsyllables Due to the Special Pronunciation of the Initial Syllable (page 21)
- I.1.A. Vowels in medial syllables (page 21)
- 1. Weakening (page 21)
- Definition (page 21)
- Short vowels in open medial syllables (page 21)
- Short vowels in closed medial syllables (page 27)
- Analogy (page 29)
- Medial diphthongs (page 30)
- Other special cases (page 31)
- 2. Quantitative Change: Syncope (page 31)
- Definition (page 31)
- Syncope in open medial syllables (page 31)
- Syncope in closed medial syllables (page 34)
- I.1.B. Vowels in final syllables (page 35)
- 1. Qualitative changes (page 35)
- Short vowels (page 35)
- In open final syllables (page 35)
- In closed final syllables (page 36)
- The diphthongs (page 39)
- 2. Quantitative changes (page 41)
- Loss of a short final vowel (page 41)
- In open final syllables (apocope) (page 41)
- Shortening of a long final vowel (page 44)
- In open final syllables (page 44)
- In closed final syllables (page 45)
- I.2. Other Changes in Length Non-Final Syllables (page 46)
- I.2.A. Qualitative changes in non-final syllables (page 46)
- 1. Assimilation of a vowel with a consonant (page 46)
- 2. Assimilation of a vowel with a semivowel (page 51)
- 3. Vowel assimilation (page 56)
- 4. Metaphony or Umlaut (page 57)
- Regressive metaphony (page 57)
- Progressive metaphony (page 58)
- I.2.B. Quantitative changes in non final syllables (page 59)
- 1. Compensatory lengthening (page 59)
- 2. Shortening of long vowels (page 60)
- 3. Insertion of vowels or semi-vowels (page 61)
- 2 Consonants (page 63)
- II.1. The Influence of Phonemes on Contiguous Phonemes (page 63)
- II.1.A. Qualitative changes (page 63)
- 1. Assimilation (page 63)
- Definition (page 63)
- Assimilation of consonants (page 63)
- Total Assimilation (page 63)
- Assimilation according to place of articulation (alwaysregressive) (page 64)
- Assimilation according to manner of articulation (page 65)
- Partial Assimilation (page 67)
- Assimilation according to manner of articulation (page 67)
- Voicing (page 67)
- Nasality (page 68)
- Place of articulation (page 68)
- Assimilation of a consonant to vocalic segments (page 68)
- Assimilation of a consonant into a semi-vowel (page 70)
- 2. Differentiation (page 71)
- 3. Development of an epenthetical phoneme (page 73)
- 4. Metathesis (page 74)
- Definition (page 74)
- II.1.B. Quantitative changes (page 75)
- 1. The disappearance of voiced phonemes (page 75)
- Disappearance of voiced phonemes in contact bydissimilation (page 75)
- Disappearance by increased aperture (page 76)
- Disappearance by simplification or lengthening (page 78)
- II.2. The Influence of Phonemes on Discontiguous Phonemes (page 81)
- II.2.A. Consonantal assimilation (page 81)
- II.2.B. Dissimilation (page 81)
- Definition (page 81)
- II.2.C. Haplology (page 85)
- II.2.D. Metathesis (page 85)
- II.3. Final Consonant (page 86)
- II.3.A. Quantitative changes (page 86)
- 1. Disappearance (page 86)
- 2. Shortening and simplification (page 88)
- II.3.B. Qualitative changes (page 89)
- II.4. Initial Consonant Clusters (page 89)
- Bibliography (page 91)
- Index (page 99)