Metaphony in Italian and Spanish dialects revisited

Metaphony is a historic phonological process by which the tonic vowel of a word assimilates a feature of a following postonic vowel. As a result, most discussions of metaphony have been within a diachronic framework. In many of the Italian dialects which demonstrate metaphony to one degree or another, the postonic vowels, which historically triggered the tonic vowel change, have neutralized or been entirely lost. This often means that metaphony has been morphologized.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Italian

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Kaze, Jeffery William

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hualde, Jose Ignacio

• Language, Linguistics
• Language, Modern

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Kaze, Jeffery William

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9010912
(UMI)AAI9010912

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23000