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The Venetian Vernacular Lexicon in Eleventh‐ and Twelfth‐Century Latin Documents: Insights from the Codice Diplomatico Veneziano

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 168-199, March 2026.
Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
wiley   +1 more source

Ordinal Numerals as a Criterion for Subclassification: The Case of Semitic

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 240-256, March 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Postalveolar fricatives in Slavic languages as retroflexes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
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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How pervasive is preaspiration? Investigating sonorant devoicing in Sienese Italian [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
We have recently found that voiceless geminates in Sienese Italian are frequently preaspirated, eg. /sette/ > [sehte] 'seven'. Within the few (mostly Scandinavian) languages that are reported to have preaspirated voiceless stops, a phonetically similar ...
Hajek, John, Stevens, Mary
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Experimental and Numerical Calibration of Mechanical Properties for Banana Fiber‐Reinforced Polymer Composites

open access: yesPolymer Composites, Volume 46, Issue 18, Page 16794-16807, 20 December 2025.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Feature geometry and palatalization

open access: yesRasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2006
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
doaj  

From Proto-Indo-European to Slavic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
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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What do Affrication and Vowel Unrounding Have in Common? The Case of Velar Palatalization in Old English

open access: yesStudia Anglica Posnaniensia, 2022
In this paper we look at two seemingly unrelated historical processes: affrication of the Old English (OE) palatalized velars [kj] > [tʃ], e.g., OE cild > PDE child, OE cīosan > PDE choose, and the Middle English (ME) vowel unrounding [y] > [i] and [ø] >
Kijak Artur
doaj   +1 more source

More on the chronology of Celtic sound changes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
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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The Interaction of Yer Deletion and Nasal Assimilation in Optimality Theory1 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The problem of opacity presents a challenge for generative phonology. This paper examines the process of Nasal Assimilation in Polish rendered opaque by the process of Vowel Deletion in Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky, 1993), which currently is a ...
Iwan, Karolina
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