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Sibilant loss in Northern Greek

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2016

B. E. Newton*
Affiliation:
Simon Fraser University

Extract

Words which in southern Greek dialects contain [azis], [úsis], and other sequences of stressed vowel + sibilant + [i] + sibilant, appear widely in the north with [áys], [úys] etc., and the phenomenon constitutes a major crux in modern Greek phonology. Although the problem has been widely discussed, no really satisfactory solution based on attested processes has been offered. It is the purpose of this paper to review the data, criticize existing treatments, and offer a new proposal.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Linguistic Association 1971

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