Dominance and monophthongization: method versus insight

<p>The establishment of dominance patterns does not automatically yield insights into the history of accentual paradigms. As in the case of segmental features, it is necessary first to identify the results of analogical developments and to separate them from the original regularities. Both apo...

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Main Author: Frederik Kortlandt
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Vilnius University 2012-12-01
Series:Baltistica
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Online Access:http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/2155
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spelling doaj-a62a715977784c00a9855bc6e82bac482020-11-24T22:34:41ZdeuVilnius UniversityBaltistica0132-65032345-00452012-12-0147225525910.15388/baltistica.47.2.21552042Dominance and monophthongization: method versus insightFrederik Kortlandt<p>The establishment of dominance patterns does not automatically yield insights into the history of accentual paradigms. As in the case of segmental features, it is necessary first to identify the results of analogical developments and to separate them from the original regularities. Both apophony and metatony became highly productive in Latvian and Lithuanian word formation, leading to complex morphonological relationships.</p>http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/2155dominancehistorical accentologyaccentuationmonophtongizationhistorical phonologyLithuanianBaltio-Slavic
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author Frederik Kortlandt
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Dominance and monophthongization: method versus insight
Baltistica
dominance
historical accentology
accentuation
monophtongization
historical phonology
Lithuanian
Baltio-Slavic
author_facet Frederik Kortlandt
author_sort Frederik Kortlandt
title Dominance and monophthongization: method versus insight
title_short Dominance and monophthongization: method versus insight
title_full Dominance and monophthongization: method versus insight
title_fullStr Dominance and monophthongization: method versus insight
title_full_unstemmed Dominance and monophthongization: method versus insight
title_sort dominance and monophthongization: method versus insight
publisher Vilnius University
series Baltistica
issn 0132-6503
2345-0045
publishDate 2012-12-01
description <p>The establishment of dominance patterns does not automatically yield insights into the history of accentual paradigms. As in the case of segmental features, it is necessary first to identify the results of analogical developments and to separate them from the original regularities. Both apophony and metatony became highly productive in Latvian and Lithuanian word formation, leading to complex morphonological relationships.</p>
topic dominance
historical accentology
accentuation
monophtongization
historical phonology
Lithuanian
Baltio-Slavic
url http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/2155
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