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= The Even Yearbook 7 (2006)

== #67

''volume:'' [[:2006|7 (2006)]] \\ 
''author:'' [[:Dániel Huber]] \\ 
''title:'' Velars in the history of Old English \\ 
''keywords:'' velars, Old English, nasal loss, breaking, compensatory lengthening, government phonology \\ 
''abstract:'' The paper reviews phonological processes in the history of Old English where velars played a role. (1) In connection with nasal loss before Prim. Gmc. */x/, two proposals are made. First, that the velar fricative, lacking a phonological place of articulation, is too weak to perform its governing duties on a preceding nasal. Second, that the later loss of nasals before the other fricatives in OE and Old Frisian is quite reasonably the consequence of the nasal deletion before /x/. (2) As for the phonetic interpretation of breaking, its phonetic realization may be a simple [ə] or [u], of a melodically empty vocalic slot. Also, the problem of the short vs long diphthongs of OE is discussed, with representations in terms of elements. (3) With respect to the loss of /x/ between sonorants, it is argued that to assume compensatory lengthening for words of the -{l,r}x- shape (e.g. //mearh// ‘horse’) is unwarranted because (a) there is no conclusive positive evidence that it actually lengthened; (b) the process is theoretically suspect. (4) The changes to the initial velar clusters are discussed. \\ 
''PDF:'' [[this>_media/06hu.pdf|   full text]] \\ 
''raw text:'' [[06hu-raw]] \\ 
''refs:'' ++ ⟨BibTeX⟩ | \\ ''@article{even06hu, \\        author  = {Dániel Huber}, \\      title   = {Velars in the history of {O}ld {E}nglish}, \\      year    = 2006, \\      journal = {The Even Yearbook}, \\      volume  = 7, \\      url     = {http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/06hu} \\  }''\\ 
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++ ⟨txt⟩ | \\ '' Huber, Dániel. 2006. Velars in the history of Old English. The Even Yearbook 7. http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/06hu''
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