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= The Even Yearbook 14 (2020)

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''volume:'' [[:2020|14 (2020)]] \\ 
''pages:'' 27–89 \\ 
''author:'' [[:Attila Starčević]] \\ 
''title:'' A very special word of Old English \\ 
''DOI:'' http://doi.org/10.57133/evenyrbk.20st \\ 
''keywords:'' Old English, high vowel deletion, high vowel apocope, high vowel syncopation, template, dative plural -um, syllable weight \\ 
''abstract:'' Old English exemplifies a number of rounds of deletion of the high vowels, some of which have been traditionally described as the result of both syncope and apocope, or a combination of these, dependent on syllable weight. In this paper, high vowel deletion (or syncope) and high vowel apocope are both analysed as the result of templatic deletion of *i/u of pre-Old English: the two vowels were deleted if they failed to attach to a CVCV template (//word// < *//wordu// ‘words’ vs //scipu// < *//skipu// ‘ships’, //firen// < //firenu// ‘crimes’ vs //nītenu// < //nītinu// ‘animals’). The analysis is couched in CV phonology. One of the words that opens up a window onto this period of Old English is the neuter plural nom/acc //hēafudu.// The sequence of two high vowels separated by a C (*iCi, *iCu, *uCu, *uCi) seem to have constituted a special phonological environment in which syncopation was suspended. It also seems the dative plural //-um// could not have contained a high back vowel at the time when syncopation was banned in high V + C + high vowel sequences. \\ 
''PDF:'' [[this>_media/20st.pdf|   full text]] \\ 
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''refs:'' ++ ⟨BibTeX⟩ | \\ ''@article{even20st, \\        author  = {Attila Starčević}, \\      title   = {A very special word of {O}ld {E}nglish}, \\      year    = 2020, \\      journal = {The Even Yearbook}, \\      volume  = 14, \\      pages   = {27--89}, \\      url     = {http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/20st} \\  }''\\ 
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++ ⟨RIS⟩ | \\ ''TY  - JOUR \\ AU  - Starčević,Attila \\ 		PY  - 2020/​/​/ \\ TI  - A very special word of Old English \\ T2  - The Even Yearbook \\ VL  - 14 \\ SP  - 27 \\ EP  - 89 \\ UR  - http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/20st \\ 
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++ ⟨txt⟩ | \\ '' Starčević, Attila. 2020. A very special word of Old English. The Even Yearbook 14: 27–89. http://seas.elte.hu/w/!even/20st''
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