Poireaux ‘leeks’ and poire ‘pear’: a lesser-known diphthongization of open [ɔ] in northern gallo-romance
Keywords:
diphthongization, French language, Picard, linguistic geography, phonetic change
Abstract
Yves Charles Morin analyzes a common form of diphthongization that affected unstressed non-low back vowels in some dialects of Northern Gallo-Romance. Contrary to the traditional view, he argues that the diphthong of poireau resulted from a genuine sound change that developed in the Paris region in ways similar to, but historically independent from, the diphthongization observed in Southern Picardy and Western Normandy.Downloads
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2015-11-11
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Morin Y. C. (2015). Poireaux ‘leeks’ and poire ‘pear’: a lesser-known diphthongization of open [ɔ] in northern gallo-romance. Revista de Filología Románica, 31(1), 113-134. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RFRM.2014.v31.n1.51026
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