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Interactive Morphonology: Metaphony in Italy

Interactive Morphonology: Metaphony in Italy

Maiden, Martin

Paperback

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Phonetics and Phonology

ItalianLinguisticsGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1138604224
ISBN13: 9781138604223
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 20 2020
Pages: 310
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

First published in 1991. The existence of morphonology had been the subject of intense debate in twentieth-century linguistic theory. Attempts to identify putatively morphonological phenomena had often foundered on the widespread assumption of a rigid dichotomy between synchronic morphological structures and the phonetic processes which historically shared them. With the difficulties of establishing any role for morphonology clearly identified, the author introduces a comparative and historical survey of the morphologization of metaphony in Italian dialects. On the basis of this the existence is argued of authentic synchronic 'morphonological' interaction between morphological structures and phonetic processes, such that inflectional paradigms serve to specify phonetic details of implementation of incipient sound changes. The circumstances under which such interaction may be expected to occur are discussed.

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