22 Occitan
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Damien Mooney
Abstract
This chapter details the phonological system of southern Gallo-Romance, or Occitan, a language traditionally spoken throughout the south of France and in parts of Spain and Italy. It begins by outlining the external history of the language, its principal dialects and sub-dialects, the glottonyms used to refer to the language, and its representation in written form; supra-dialectal groupings are also proposed. The historical linguistic developments that characterize the major dialects and supra- dialectal groupings are then presented, before a detailed discussion of the modern consonantal, vocalic, and glide/diphthong inventories. Within the discussion of the modern phonological system, extensive information is provided on the phonetic realization of phonemes across geographical space. Finally, the suprasegmental phonology of Occitan is presented, including stress placement, prosodic organization, nuclear configurations and applications, and contact-induced prosodic change.
Abstract
This chapter details the phonological system of southern Gallo-Romance, or Occitan, a language traditionally spoken throughout the south of France and in parts of Spain and Italy. It begins by outlining the external history of the language, its principal dialects and sub-dialects, the glottonyms used to refer to the language, and its representation in written form; supra-dialectal groupings are also proposed. The historical linguistic developments that characterize the major dialects and supra- dialectal groupings are then presented, before a detailed discussion of the modern consonantal, vocalic, and glide/diphthong inventories. Within the discussion of the modern phonological system, extensive information is provided on the phonetic realization of phonemes across geographical space. Finally, the suprasegmental phonology of Occitan is presented, including stress placement, prosodic organization, nuclear configurations and applications, and contact-induced prosodic change.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Acknowledgments VII
- Table of contents IX
- List of abbreviations XIII
- Romance phonetics and phonology: an introduction 1
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I. Key topics in Romance phonology
- 1 Length and weight in Romance 31
- 2 Syllable structure and (re)syllabification 89
- 3 Processes affecting vowels 127
- 4 From vowel weakening in Romance to French schwa 150
- 5 Palatalization in Romance 173
- 6 Nasals and nasalization 215
- 7 The evolution of Latin stress into Romance with special consideration of French 242
- 8 Comparing and deconstructing speech rhythm across Romance languages 264
- 9 Intonation 299
- 10 Corpus phonology 319
- 11 Sociophonetics 342
- 12 First language acquisition of Romance phonology 375
- 13 Bilingual phonological acquisition 407
- 14 Second and third language acquisition of Romance phonology 435
- 15 The phonology of Romance contact varieties 462
- 16 Loanword phonology in Romance 503
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II. Phonetics and phonology of Romance languages
- 17 Romanian 531
- 18 Italian 559
- 19 Sardinian 597
- 20 Rhaeto-Romance: Friulian, Ladin, and Romansh 628
- 21 French 669
- 22 Occitan 709
- 23 Catalan 743
- 24 Spanish 779
- 25 Judeo-Spanish 808
- 26 Portuguese 839
- 27 Galician 882
- 28 Romance-lexifier creoles 929
- List of contributors 955
- Index 957
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Manuals of Romance Linguistics V
- Acknowledgments VII
- Table of contents IX
- List of abbreviations XIII
- Romance phonetics and phonology: an introduction 1
-
I. Key topics in Romance phonology
- 1 Length and weight in Romance 31
- 2 Syllable structure and (re)syllabification 89
- 3 Processes affecting vowels 127
- 4 From vowel weakening in Romance to French schwa 150
- 5 Palatalization in Romance 173
- 6 Nasals and nasalization 215
- 7 The evolution of Latin stress into Romance with special consideration of French 242
- 8 Comparing and deconstructing speech rhythm across Romance languages 264
- 9 Intonation 299
- 10 Corpus phonology 319
- 11 Sociophonetics 342
- 12 First language acquisition of Romance phonology 375
- 13 Bilingual phonological acquisition 407
- 14 Second and third language acquisition of Romance phonology 435
- 15 The phonology of Romance contact varieties 462
- 16 Loanword phonology in Romance 503
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II. Phonetics and phonology of Romance languages
- 17 Romanian 531
- 18 Italian 559
- 19 Sardinian 597
- 20 Rhaeto-Romance: Friulian, Ladin, and Romansh 628
- 21 French 669
- 22 Occitan 709
- 23 Catalan 743
- 24 Spanish 779
- 25 Judeo-Spanish 808
- 26 Portuguese 839
- 27 Galician 882
- 28 Romance-lexifier creoles 929
- List of contributors 955
- Index 957
