Stifter, David
(2012)
Lenition of s in Gaulish?
In:
The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics.
Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, pp. 523-544.
ISBN 9788763538381
Abstract
Through all periods of Gaulish, viz. Early, Middle and Late Gaulish, the sibilants is amply attested in word-initial, word-medial and word-final po-sition in the vernacular language material. Therefore it is inadmissible to assume a general rule of "lenition" of s (i.e. aspiration or loss). A close ex-amination of the material reveals, however, that a set of very specific rules of s-deletion operated on the language: first, loss of sin word-initial posi-tion in proclitics; secondly, loss of s in the onset of second syllables when the first syllable also started with s; thirdly, assimilation of s to resonants. These three rules probably operated at the Common Celtic stage. A fourth rule, the optional weakening and loss of word-finals affected Gaulish from the Middle Gaulish period onwards and is a development not shared by Vulgar Latin of the time.
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Lenition of s; Gaulish; |
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Faculty of Arts & Humanities > School of Celtic Studies > Early Irish (Sean Ghaeilge) |
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14055 |
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Prof. David Stifter
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22 Feb 2021 12:04 |
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Museum Tusculanum Press |
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Yes |
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