András Cser | Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Piliscsaba
The -alis/aris allomorphy has often been the object of detailed investigation, though the nature of its patterns and their interaction with phonotactics are not fully appreciated. A corpus-based analysis of the distribution of liquids reveals asymmetries between r and l and also important differences in repetition patterns. For l the constraint is that its occurrences must be separated by at least one non-coronal consonant; the productive diminutive formation is a saliently exceptional pattern. The case of the -alis/aris dissimilation falls under this constraint: liquid dissimilation is not only blocked by an intervening r but also by any non-coronal consonant. The distance between the two liquids is also relevant. The case of r is different. In final syllables only rVr, in non-final syllables only rVVr occurs. While this receives a partial diachronic explanation, the interesting and non-obvious fact is that Latin word forms generally conform to this pattern even where this is not warranted diachronically. We explain the exceptions to this generalisation with reference to two different morphophonological factors.
2023. Relativized Adjacency. Journal of Logic, Language and Information 32:4 ► pp. 707 ff.
Buffart, Hans & Haike Jacobs
2021. A Gestalt Theory Approach to Structure in Language. Frontiers in Psychology 12
Cser, András
2020. The Phonology of Classical Latin. Transactions of the Philological Society 118:S1 ► pp. 1 ff.
Roberts, Philip J.
2012. Latin Rhotacism: A Case Study in the Life cycle of Phonological Processes. Transactions of the Philological Society 110:1 ► pp. 80 ff.
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