1st Edition
Weakening Processes in the History of Spanish Consonants (RLE Linguistics E: Indo-European Linguistics)
By Ray Harris-Northall
Copyright 2014
174 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
Raymond Harris-Northall uses the distinctive features of generative phonology to present synchronic and diachronic rules, but exploits the evidence of the history of the Spanish sound system to show that the ‘simplicity’ required by the generativists often obscures rather than illuminates the way in which changes develop from small beginnings. Instead, he illustrates the essential need to... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Weakening in Intervocalic Position 3. Weakening in Absolute Final Position 4. Syllable-Final Consonants 5. The Consequences of Syncope 6. Conclusion
Biography
Ray Harris-Northall
