Phonetics and philology : sound change in Italic / Jane Stuart-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stuart-Smith, Jane, 1965-

Series:

Oxford linguistics.

Oxford linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aspiration (Phonetics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Italic languages and dialects--Phonology.

Italic languages and dialects.

Indo-European languages--Phonology.

Indo-European languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents an exhaustive treatment of a long-standing problem of Proto-Indo-European and Italic philology, the development of the Proto-Indo-European voiced aspirates in the ancient languages of Italy. In so doing, it tackles a central issue of historical linguistics, the plausibility of explanations for sound change. The book argues that a solution to the problem can only be offered by combining the results of a traditional philological investigation with the resources of a neighbouring discipline, experimental phonetics. It will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of his

Contents:

3.4 The evidence of Faliscan3.4.1 The writing systems of Faliscan; 3.4.2 Faliscan: The lexical evidence; 3.4.3 Faliscan: from orthography to phonetics; 3.4.4 The development of the PIE voiced aspirates in Faliscan; 3.5 The evidence of the early Sabellic inscriptions; 3.5.1 South Picene; 3.5.2 Presamnite; 3.5.3 Old Umbrian; 3.5.4 Old Volscian; 3.5.5 Old Hernican; 3.5.6 The development of the PIE voiced aspirates in the early Sabellic inscriptions; 3.6 The evidence of Oscan; 3.6.1 The writing systems of Oscan; 3.6.2 Oscan: The lexical evidence; 3.6.3 Oscan : From orthography to phonetics

3.6.4 The development of the PIE voiced aspirates in Oscan3.7 The evidence of Umbrian; 3.7.1 The writing systems of Umbrian; 3.7.2 Umbrian: The lexical evidence; 3.7.3 Umbrian: From orthography to phonetics; 3.7.4 The development of the PIE voiced aspirates in Umbrian; 3.8 The evidence of the Minor Dialects; 3.8.1 Paelignian; 3.8.2 Marrucinian; 3.8.3 Vestinian; 3.8.4 Sabine; 3.8.5 Aequian; 3.8.6 Marsian; 3.8.7 Hernican; 3.8.8 Volscian; 3.8.9 The development of the PIE voiced aspirates in the Minor Dialects; 3.9 External evidence; 3.9.1 The evidence of Etruscan; 3.9.2 The evidence of Greek

3.9.3 External evidence: Summary3.10 The Italic reflexes: Summary; 4 The Traditional Arguments Reviewed; 4.1 The traditional arguments-internal; 4.1.1 The Italic reflexes; 4.1.2 Loanwords; 4.1.3 Conditioned changes; 4.1.4 The treatment of PIE [sup(*)]-s-; 4.2 The traditional arguments-external; 4.2.1 Phonetic plausibility; 4.2.2 Miscellaneous arguments; 4.3 Summary and conclusions; 5 Phonetics, Predictions, Parallels; 5.1 Phonetics and predictions: The phonetics of 'voiced aspirates'; 5.1.1 Breathy voiced stops: Phonation; 5.1.2 Breathy voiced stops: Articulation

5.1.3 Breathy voiced stops: Aerodynamic factors5.1.4 Breathy voiced stops: Acoustics; 5.1.5 Breathy voiced stops: Perceptual cues; 5.1.6 Breathy voiced stops: Stress; 5.1.7 Breathy voiced stops: Word position; 5.1.8 Breathy voiced stops: Place of articulation; 5.1.9 Breathy voiced stops: Vocalic environment; 5.1.10 The phonetics of breathy voiced stops: Predictions for change; 5.2 Parallels: The diachronic behaviour of voiced aspirates; 5.2.1 Attested parallels: Voiced aspirates from Old Indo-Aryan into New Indo-Aryan; 5.2.2 Attested parallels: The New Indo-Aryan languages

5.2.3 Attested parallels and phonetic predictions

Notes:

Series statement on jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-250) and indexes.

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ISBN:

1-280-84578-3

0-19-151453-5

OCLC:

476259355