Re: Q Re: Sound Change (On Glide)

--- "David J. Peterson" <ThatBlueCat@...>
wrote:
> Now, I've never actually been taught this in
> any linguistics class (hence, why I'm asking),
> but in Spanish, it appears that Latin long mid
> vowels, when stressed, became diphthongs with
> an on-glide.  Examples:
>
> sentar "to sit" (stress on the /a/)
>
> nosotros sentamos "we sit" (stress on the /a/)
> yo siento "I sit" (stress on the /e/)
>
> dormir "to sleep" (stress on the /i/)
These are Rules 13 & 27 in "Latin to Romance in
Sound Charts". Unfortunately, it doesn't explain
_how_ the change came about.

> My question: Does anyone have any examples of
> this happening in other languages (nat or non)?
In Italian, French and Spanish, accented long o
in open syllables becomes uo, eu / oeu, ue
respectively. Only in Spanish does it happen in
closed syllables. Portuguese is immune. A similar
rule applies to accented long e, where it becomes
ie in all three.

Kerno has vowel changes in similar circumstances,
but the vowel doesn't break. Rather, the vowel
changes for another: ieo dormem / nus durmímos.

Padraic.


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beuyont alch geont la ciay la cina
mangeiont alch geont y faues la lima;
     pe' ne m' molestyont
     que faciont
doazque y facyont in rima.

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