25 Judeo-Spanish
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Travis G. Bradley
Abstract
Judeo-Spanish refers to the varieties of Spanish spoken by the Sephardic Jews, who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and resettled around the Mediterranean, in North Africa and in areas of the Ottoman Empire. The language presents a mix of archaic features retained from medieval Ibero-Romance languages and innovative features arising from both internal change and contact with other languages. Despite its continued use for five centuries, Judeo-Spanish is at present severely endangered, which has prompted revitalization efforts and a renewed interest in the language from the perspectives of contemporary linguistic theory. This chapter presents a unified descriptive account of Judeo-Spanish phonology and phonetics. The account includes diachronic and synchronic comparisons across dialects and with other Ibero-Romance languages, as well as an examination of the phonological patterning of loanwords borrowed from co-territorial languages in the diaspora.
Abstract
Judeo-Spanish refers to the varieties of Spanish spoken by the Sephardic Jews, who were expelled from Spain in 1492 and resettled around the Mediterranean, in North Africa and in areas of the Ottoman Empire. The language presents a mix of archaic features retained from medieval Ibero-Romance languages and innovative features arising from both internal change and contact with other languages. Despite its continued use for five centuries, Judeo-Spanish is at present severely endangered, which has prompted revitalization efforts and a renewed interest in the language from the perspectives of contemporary linguistic theory. This chapter presents a unified descriptive account of Judeo-Spanish phonology and phonetics. The account includes diachronic and synchronic comparisons across dialects and with other Ibero-Romance languages, as well as an examination of the phonological patterning of loanwords borrowed from co-territorial languages in the diaspora.
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
-
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
