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Early dialectal diversity in South Slavic I [PDF]
The large majority of the isoglosses which can be established in the South Slavic dialectal area date from the time of the disintegration of Common Slavic and from more recent periods (e.g., Ivi´c 1958: 25ff).
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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Ordinal Numerals as a Criterion for Subclassification: The Case of Semitic
Abstract This article explores how ordinal numerals (like first, second and third) can help classify languages, focusing on the Semitic language family. Ordinals are often formed according to productive derivational processes, but as a separate word class, they may retain archaic morphology that is otherwise lost from the language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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Surface palatalization of polish bilabial stops : articulation and acoustics [PDF]
Bilabial stops undergoing Surface Palatalization (SP) were analyzed in an EMMA/EPG study. Articulatorily, the point of maximal palatal contact and the labial opening movement were analyzed.
Pompino-Marschall, Bernd, Zygis, Marzena
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Remnant Case Forms and Patterns of Syncretism in Early West Germanic
Abstract Early stages of the Old West Germanic languages differ from the other two branches, Gothic and Norse, by showing remnants of a fifth case in a‐ and ō‐stem nouns. The forms in question, which have the ending ‐i or ‐u, are conventionally labelled ‘instrumental’ and cover a range of functions, such as instrument, means, comitative and locative ...
Will Thurlwell
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From Proto-Indo-European to Slavic [PDF]
A correct evaluation of the Slavic evidence for the reconstruction of the Indo- European proto-language requires an extensive knowledge of a considerable body of data.
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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James Platt Junior's Contributions to Old English Grammar1
Abstract In 1883, Henry Sweet took issue with James Platt junior, a 21‐year‐old language enthusiast. At the time, Platt was England's brightest young prospect in Old English linguistic studies. Sweet recognised Platt's talent, but he became convinced that he was also a plagiarist and tried to have him expelled from the Philological Society.
Stephen Laker
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Postalveolar fricatives in Slavic languages as retroflexes [PDF]
The present study poses the question on what phonetic and phonological grounds postalveolar fricatives in Polish can be analyzed as retroflex and whether postalveolar fricatives in other Slavic languages are retroflex as well.
Hamann, Silke
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Process showing (a) RVE simulation (b) Tensile test properties (c) Numerical calibration of mechanical properties and result comparison. ABSTRACT Accurate calibration of the elastic–plastic behavior of materials is crucial for ensuring that numerical models accurately represent real‐world material responses, thereby enhancing the reliability and ...
Jibrilla Abdulrahman +2 more
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Feature geometry and palatalization
The paper examines palatalization data from English, Polish and Croatian in the framework of Feature Geometry. It is shown that palatalization in the discussed data results in a number of phonologically diverse outputs, which cannot be accounted for by ...
Małgorzata Ewa Ćavar
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More on the chronology of Celtic sound changes [PDF]
Graham Isaac’s recent monograph (2007) deals with the chronology of Celtic sound changes. Remarkably, the author completely disregards the relative chronology which I published 28 years earlier (1979).
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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