18 Italian
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Martin Krämer
Abstract
In this chapter, an overview is provided of the segmental and suprasegmental lexical and post-lexical phonology of Italian, as well as some of the variation found in local varieties. I discuss the most central aspects of Italian phonology, i.e. its segment inventory, segmental contrasts, syllable phonotactics, foot structure, word and phrase stress, intonation, and the most prevalent phonological processes in the language, such as vowel-glide alternations, intervocalic /s/-voicing, palatalization, vowel elision and epenthesis, vowel lengthening, syntactic gemination, stress shift, and metaphony. Microvariation and loanword phonology are also discussed in the chapter, in light of recent theoretical developments and new empirical findings. Beyond summarizing current research, I provide a new analytical sketch of Italian syllable phonotactics and its foot structure, and discuss an innovative approach to the analysis of microvariation.
Abstract
In this chapter, an overview is provided of the segmental and suprasegmental lexical and post-lexical phonology of Italian, as well as some of the variation found in local varieties. I discuss the most central aspects of Italian phonology, i.e. its segment inventory, segmental contrasts, syllable phonotactics, foot structure, word and phrase stress, intonation, and the most prevalent phonological processes in the language, such as vowel-glide alternations, intervocalic /s/-voicing, palatalization, vowel elision and epenthesis, vowel lengthening, syntactic gemination, stress shift, and metaphony. Microvariation and loanword phonology are also discussed in the chapter, in light of recent theoretical developments and new empirical findings. Beyond summarizing current research, I provide a new analytical sketch of Italian syllable phonotactics and its foot structure, and discuss an innovative approach to the analysis of microvariation.
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
