Re: Goblin? errrr... Greek, Latin and Hebrew phonology
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 14, 1999, 2:23 |
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Ed Heil wrote:
> Classical Latin [w] (represented by 'v' which also represented [u])
> changed to [v] in Medieval Latin.
Well... this had more to do with the fact that Medieval Latin was more
or less pronounced as the author's native tongue. Hence the German
pronunciation /tsitseRo:/, and Italian /tSitSero:ne/ for "Cicero".
Medieval had no real pronunciation on its own, separate from that of
the native speaker.
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Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
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