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Gothic Loanwords in Spanish and Portuguese: Evidence for Sounds and Sound Changes

  • Diego de Acosta
Published/Copyright: March 20, 2015
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Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
From the journal Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics Volume 4 Issue 1

Abstract

This article aims to bridge existing scholarship on Gothic and early Ibero-Romance phonology by examining the adaptation of Visigothic loanwords in Hispano- and Luso-Romance. There are considerable challenges in establishing Visigothic provenance for an Ibero-Romance word, which are due to recognized indeterminacies in the history of the Gothic language and peoples, as well as the deceptively stable Latin textual record of the early Middle Ages. Nevertheless, an updated survey of putative Gothic loanwords and their adaptation in Ibero-Romance reveals definite patterns and yields important information about the changing pronunciation of Ibero-Romance, as well as the pronunciation of Visigothic, at the time of borrowing.

Published Online: 2015-3-20
Published in Print: 2011-3-1

© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

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  1. Front Matter
  2. CONTENTS
  3. RESEARCH ARTICLES
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  5. ¿Mejor o peor español? Actitudes lingüísticas de universitarios hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos
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  8. BOOK REVIEWS
  9. Colina: Spanish Phonology: A Syllabic Perspective
  10. STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE. Topic: Loan Words
  11. Gothic Loanwords in Spanish and Portuguese: Evidence for Sounds and Sound Changes
  12. VIEWPOINTS. Topic: Interfaces
  13. Spanish Morphophonology
  14. Prosodia y pragmática
  15. The Syntax-Semantics Interface in Grammar
  16. Interfaces in Bilingualism
  17. DISSERTATION NOTICES
  18. Question Intonation in Manchego Peninsular Spanish
https://doi.org/10.1515/shll-2011-1094

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Front Matter
  2. CONTENTS
  3. RESEARCH ARTICLES
  4. Assessing the Use of Multiple Forms in Variable Contexts: The Relationship between Linguistic Factors and Future-Time Reference in Spanish
  5. ¿Mejor o peor español? Actitudes lingüísticas de universitarios hispanohablantes en Estados Unidos
  6. Otra mirada a los procesos de gramaticalización del Presente Perfecto en español: Perú y Argentina
  7. Contextual Congruence Tense-Demonstration in Spanish: A Temporal Discourse Model-Based Account
  8. BOOK REVIEWS
  9. Colina: Spanish Phonology: A Syllabic Perspective
  10. STATE OF THE DISCIPLINE. Topic: Loan Words
  11. Gothic Loanwords in Spanish and Portuguese: Evidence for Sounds and Sound Changes
  12. VIEWPOINTS. Topic: Interfaces
  13. Spanish Morphophonology
  14. Prosodia y pragmática
  15. The Syntax-Semantics Interface in Grammar
  16. Interfaces in Bilingualism
  17. DISSERTATION NOTICES
  18. Question Intonation in Manchego Peninsular Spanish
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