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• Title:
  What do Affrication and Vowel Unrounding Have in Common? The Case of Velar Palatalization in Old English
• Creator:
  Kijak, Artur
• Description:
  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]> [e]. More specifically, it is argued that the front rounded vowels [y] and [ø], as well as the palatalized velars [kj] and [j], are complex melodic expressions containing two antagonistic resonance elements |I| and |U|. Furthermore, it is proposed here that the phonological system of ME witnessed a drastic change as a consequence of the introduction of the ban on the |I| and |U| merger. This *|I U| constraint is responsible for the loss of the resonance element |U| from the internal structure of both segments, which leads to the unrounding of the i-umlauted vowels and the affrication of the palatalized velars. This paper provides a detailed analysis of velar palatalization and its subsequent affrication, while additionally we address the questions of the lack of affrication before both i-umlauted and unrounded vowels, the palatalization and vocalization of the voiced velar fricative /ɣ/ and the chronology of affrication in the history of English.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Artur Kijak
• Date:
  2023.03.04
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Peer-reviewed articles
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Studia Anglica Posnaniensia; Vol. 57 No. 1 (2022); 315-336;
  Studia Anglica Posnaniensia; Tom 57 Nr 1 (2022); 315-336;
  2082-5102;
  0081-6272
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/stap/article/view/38422/32746
• Subject:
  Old English;
  velars;
  palatalization;
  affrication;
  i-umlaut;
  vowel unrounding;
  Element Theory
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/stap/article/view/38422
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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  other