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Volume 10: Issue 2
The morphology of Romanian palatalization
Author: Melinda Dézsi 1
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  • 1 Pázmány Péter Catholic University Linguistics Doctoral School Egyetem u. 1. H-2087 Piliscsaba Hungary
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/verb.10.2008.2.11
Page Count:
437–448
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2008
Online Publication Date:
13 Dec 2008
Article Category:
Research Article
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In this paper, I will argue that the asyllabic /i/—a recurrent inflectional element in final position in Romanian words—is not a phoneme of the Romanian vowel system. I will present arguments which sustain that the morphological marker- i leads to the palatalization of the preceding consonant, resulting in a positional allophone of the consonant phoneme in complementary distribution with it.

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Print ISSN:
1585-079X
Online ISSN:
1588-4309
Keywords:
Romanian; palatalization; palatalized consonants; affixation; morphology

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