Diphthongization

• Autores: Martin Maiden
• Localización: The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages / Adam Ledgeway (ed. lit.), Martin Maiden (ed. lit.), 2016, ISBN 9780199677108, págs. 647-657
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This chapter critically addresses some of the most important issues in Romance spontaneous and conditioned diphthongization. It covers ‘closing’ diphthongizations of vowels (notably /e/ and /o/) as a function of stress and syllable structure; the origins and development of new diphthongs arising through vocalization of syllable-final consonants, or through metathesis; the differential maintenance of the Latin diphthong AU and, in particular detail, the controversy surrounding the origins and nature of the ‘opening’ diphthongization of the Romance vowels /ɛ/ and /ɔ/, which are argued to lie in metaphony.