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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LENITION»
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The book is a collection of articles which aims at providing an overall treatment of the question of Lenition/Fortition in its many aspects: historical, typological, synchronic, diachronic, empirical and theoretical.
Joaquim Brandão de Carvalho, Tobias Scheer, Philippe Ségéral, 2008
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Lenition and Contrast: The Functional Consequences of ...
b. aprilem > *[abrile] > [aflrile] > avril 'April' The fact that the spirantization of
voiced stops did not result in contrast obliteration, because no voiced spirants
existed in the inventory of Latin sounds, is seen as indicative of lenition
processes in ...
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An Effort Based Approach to Consonant
Lenition
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Consonant
Lenition in Korean and the Macro-Altaic Question
This study describes a diachronic change of the obstruent consonants in the central area of Korea, with attention to ONSET and CODA lenitions. It is intended for students of Korean language and linguistics.
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Lenition in Celtic and in insular Spanish: the secondary ...
This book offers the first systematic description of mutations in West Romance dialects, specifically in the varieties of Spanish spoken in Gran Canaria.
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English Words: History and Structure
A new edition of this textbook discusses the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages.
Donka Minkova, Robert P. Stockwell, 2009
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Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2006: Selected ...
ROMANCE LENITION TOWARDS A FORMAL ACCOUNT OF A CONTRAST
MAINTAINING PHONETICALLY MOTIVATED SOUND CHANGE HAIKE JACOBS
and ROBBIE VAN GERWEN Radboud University Nijmegen This paper proposes
an ...
Danièle Torck, Leo Wetzels, 2009
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Variation and Gradience in Phonetics and Phonology
Patterns. of. lenition. in. Brazilian. Portuguese1. Tha ̈ıs. Crist ́ofaro-Silva. &.
Daniela. Oliveira. Guimar ̃aes. 1. Introduction A challenge imposed on theories of
sound variation and change is to identify the range of properties that determine
the ...
Frank K Gler, Caroline Féry, Ruben Florentius Hendricus Eduardus van de Vijver, 2009
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Italo-Celtic Origins and Prehistoric Development of the ...
would seriously defend the view that lenition in Goidelic and lenition in Brythonic
are completely independent developments.” Here I will shortly discuss the
arguments which Martinet adduces. Lenition is “the term used to describe a
mutation ...
Frederik Herman Henri Kortlandt, 2007
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Features, Segmental Structure and Harmony Processes
Early. French. lenition: A. formal. account. of. an. integrated. sound. change.
Haike Jacobs and Leo Wetzels University ofNijmegen French Department 0.
INTRODUCTION In the evolution of French, a process of lenition occurred which
...
Norval Smith, Harry van der Hulst, 1988
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LENITION»
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Lingo: A Language-Spotter's Guide to Europe by Gaston Dorren …
He thinks lenition – the habit in Welsh of “changing a word's first letter for no apparent reason” – is just “mindboggling”, and generally that ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
Europe in 60 languages
Yes, we manage very nicely without the 'consonant lenition' of Welsh or Manx, but, oh, to have reflexive pronouns! We could then usefully ... «Spectator.co.uk, Nov 14»
Do You Speak Any of Tolkien's Languages?
... which have some rules and constructions that are nonsensical to Germanic speakers, such as affection and lenition (Changing all the vowels ... «Huffington Post, Jul 13»
How Muramasa: The Demon Blade Was Made To Feel Convincing
... English, the best matches would actually be Received Pronunciation for Momohime, and a nice think Bostonian with /r/-lenition for Kisuke. «Siliconera, Mar 13»
One more thought on "my plezh"
The t has undergone "lenition" or weakening, going from a stop-consonant (one that blocks the airflow) to a fricative (which merely slows it ... «The Economist, Feb 12»
Strange Case of Daleds
As those of you who know some Dutch or German are aware, there is a process in both these languages known as lenition, whereby certain ... «Forward, Jan 12»
The oddest English spellings, part 17: The letter H
... it had the sound value of ch in Scots loch, but then the weakening of Germanic consonants set in (linguists call this process lenition), and the ... «OUPblog, May 11»