{"product_id":"the-phonology-of-classical-latin-paperback-softback-9781119700609","title":"The Phonology of Classical Latin (Paperback \/ softback) 9781119700609","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Phonology of Classical Latin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndras Cser (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781119700609, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 July 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15 x 0.8 cm, 0.295 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work is a comprehensive corpus-based description of the synchronic segmental phonology of Classical Latin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a full description of the phonology of a dead language and also highlights how the patterns and processes described contribute to phonological theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eResearch results include novel analyses of segmental phenomena, phonotactics, phonological processes, inflectional morphology, and certain diachronic questions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInformed by specific hypotheses about how phonological representations are structured and how phonological rules work, and in turn how the findings corroborate these hypotheses\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheoretically grounded and provides raw material for researchers of phonology, morphology and historical linguistics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of tables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations and symbols\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1. Aims and scope 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2. Previous research 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3. The language, the data and the form of writing 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4. The framework 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5. The structure of the book 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The segmental inventory 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1. Introduction 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2. Consonants 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1. General distributional regularities in simplex forms 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2. The question of the labiovelar(s) 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.1. The issue of frequency 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.2. Phonetic issues 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.3. Geminates 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.4. Positional restrictions and stop + glide sequences 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.5. The question of [sw] 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.6. Verb root structure 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.7. Voicing contrast in clusters 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.8. Alternations 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.9. Ad-assimilation 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.10. Diachronic considerations 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.11. Poetic licence 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.12. Further remarks on the voiced labiovelar 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2.13. Summary of the labiovelar question 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.3. The placeless nasal 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3. Vowels 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1. The nasal vowels 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.2. The question of diphthongs 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.3. Hiatus 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4. The phonological representations 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5. Conclusion 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. The phonotactics of simplex forms and resyllabification 48\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1. Introduction 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.1. Excursus on metrical evidence 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2. The presentation of the consonant clusters 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3. The analysis of the consonant clusters 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4. Syllable contact and the interaction between place of articulation and sonority 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5. Resyllabification and extrasyllabic [s] 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6. A note on words written with initial〈gn〉74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7. Conclusion 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Processes affecting consonants 82\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1. Introduction 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2. Contact voice assimilation 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1. Excursus: loss of [s] before voiced consonants 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3. Total assimilation of [t] to [s] 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4. Rhotacism 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5. Degemination 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.1. General degemination 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.2. Degemination of [s] 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6. Nasal place loss before fricatives 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7. Epenthesis after [m] 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8. Place assimilation 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9. Dark and clear [l] 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.10. Final stop deletion 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.11. Liquid dissimilation 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.12. Conclusion 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Processes affecting vowels 104\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1. Introduction 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2. Alternations in vowel quality 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.1. The Old Latin weakening 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.2. Synchronic alternations between the short vowels 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.2.1. Alternation in closed vs. open syllables 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.2.2. Lowering before [r] 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.2.3. Word-final lowering 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3. Vowel–zero alternations 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.1. Before stem-final [r] 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.2. Prevocalic deletion of back vowels 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.3. Vowel–zero alternation in suffixes 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4. Length alternations 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.1. Shortenings 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.2. Lengthening before voiced stops 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.3. Coalescence with empty vowel 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.4. Coalescence with placeless nasal 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.5. The abies-pattern 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5. Conclusion 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. The inflectional morphology of Classical Latin 124\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1. Introduction 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2. Allomorphy in the verbal inflection 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1. The general structure of verbal inflection 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.2. Affixes immediately following the infectum stem 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3. Affixes immediately following the perfectum stem 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3.1. Classification of affixes 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3.2. The general pattern of affix alternations 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3.3. Vowel deletion after [s] 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3.4. Hiatus and i-final perfectum stems 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3.5. The non-alternating suffixes 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.4. Affixes following the extended stems 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3. Allomorphy in the nominal inflection 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1. Introductory remarks 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2. Case endings and allomorphy: nominative and accusative singular 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2.1. Phonological alternations in the nominative singular 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2.2. Gender marking 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3. Case endings and allomorphy: the remaining cases 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4. Morphophonological analysis: inflectional allomorphy and the vocalic scale 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5. The vocalic scale and sonority 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6. Conclusion 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. The phonology of prefixed forms 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1. Introduction 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2. The prefixes of Latin 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1. Vowel-final prefixes + \u003ci\u003eprae\u003c\/i\u003e 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.1. \u003ci\u003ed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eē-\u003c\/i\u003e 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.2. \u003ci\u003epr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eō\u003c\/i\u003e- 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.3. s\u003ci\u003eē-\u003c\/i\u003e 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.4. \u003ci\u003ene-\u003c\/i\u003e 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.5. \u003ci\u003ere-\u003c\/i\u003e 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.6. \u003ci\u003eambi-\u003c\/i\u003e 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.7. \u003ci\u003eante-\u003c\/i\u003e 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.8. \u003ci\u003ev\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eē-\u003c\/i\u003e 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1.9. \u003ci\u003eprae-\u003c\/i\u003e 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2. Prefixes ending in [r] 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2.1. \u003ci\u003eper-\u003c\/i\u003e 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2.2. \u003ci\u003esuper-\u003c\/i\u003e 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2.3. \u003ci\u003esubter-\u003c\/i\u003e 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2.4. \u003ci\u003einter-\u003c\/i\u003e 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2.5. \u003ci\u003epor-\u003c\/i\u003e 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.3. Nasal-final prefixes 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.3.1. \u003ci\u003ein\u003c\/i\u003e- 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.3.2. \u003ci\u003econ\u003c\/i\u003e- 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.3.3. \u003ci\u003ean\u003c\/i\u003e- 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.3.4. \u003ci\u003ecircum\u003c\/i\u003e- 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.4. Coronal obstruent-final prefixes 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.4.1. \u003ci\u003epost\u003c\/i\u003e- 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.4.2\u003ci\u003e. ex\u003c\/i\u003e- 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.4.3. \u003ci\u003edis\u003c\/i\u003e- 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.4.4. \u003ci\u003etrans\u003c\/i\u003e- 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.4.5. \u003ci\u003ead\u003c\/i\u003e- 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.5. Prefixes ending in [b] 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.5.1. \u003ci\u003eob\u003c\/i\u003e- 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.5.2. \u003ci\u003eab\u003c\/i\u003e- 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.5.3. \u003ci\u003esub\u003c\/i\u003e- 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3. Generalisations 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1. Assimilations 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1.1. Voice assimilation 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1.2. Place assimilation 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.1.3. Total assimilation 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.2. Non-assimilatory allomorphy 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.2.1. [s]-allomorphy 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.2.2. Vowel-triggered allomorphy 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.2.3. [b]-allomorphy 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3.3. On the nature of prefix-variation 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4. Conclusion 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Conclusion and conspectus of the phonological rules 184\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: The textual frequency of consonants in Classical Latin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2: Authors and works mentioned in the text\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Latin words\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52430881456408,"sku":"9781119700609","price":22.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781119700609.jpg?v=1784764898","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-phonology-of-classical-latin-paperback-softback-9781119700609","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}