Overview

The articles presented here provide explorations into phonological patterns attested in the minor Romance languages spoken in Italy. The goal of this book is both theoretical and empirical. It aims to introduce non-Italianists to the phonological structures of Italian dialects, and provides readers with analyses of complex and poorly understood phonological phenomena.

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Author:   Lori Repetti (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   212
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9789027237194

ISBN 10:   9027237190
Pages:   301
Publication Date:   21 December 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgments; 2. List of Contributors; 3. Phonological Theory and the Dialects of Italy (by Repetti, Lori); 4. The Relationship Between Vowel Length and Consonantal Voicing in Friulian (by Baroni, Marco); 5. Consonant Gemination in Neapolitan (by Bullock, Barbara E.); 6. The Feature [Advanced Tongue Root] and Vowel Fronting in Romance (by Calabrese, Andrea); 7. Vowel Alternation, Vowel/Consonant Assimilation and OCP Effects in a Barese Dialect (by D'Introno, Francesco); 8. How Many Moras? Overlength and Maximal Moraicity in Italy (by Hajek, John); 9. Stress Stability Under Cliticization and the Prosodic Status of Romance Clitics (by Loporcaro, Michele); 10. Phonological Dissimilation and Clitic Morphology in Italo-Romance (by Maiden, Martin); 11. Oxytone Infinitives in the Dialect of Pisa (by Marotta, Giovanna); 12. Sonority and Derived Clusters in Raeto-Romance and Gallo-Italic (by Montreuil, Jean-Pierre Y.); 13. Stress and Schwa in Faetar (by Nagy, Naomi); 14. Vowel Lengthening in Milanese (by Vives, Pilar Prieto i); 15. Uneven or Moraic Trochees? Evidence from Emilian and Romagnol Dialects (by Repetti, Lori); 16. Index of Names; 17. Index of Terms & Concepts

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[...] a useful tool in both spreading the knowledge of Italian dialect and contributing to the development of phonological theory in general. -- Nicole Bosisio & S.J. Hannahs, University of Durham

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