Nasalization will be phonologized first on oxytone vowels before nasals, subsequently on penultimate stressed vowels and then last on antepenultimate stressed vowels. (The spread of N-deletion will follow nasalization in a similar fashion).
Standardized
IF nasalization is phonologized first on proparoxytonic vowels before nasals, THEN nasalization will have already been phonologized on paroxytonic vowels before nasals. IF nasalization is phonologized first on paroxytonic vowels before nasals, THEN nasalization will have already been phonologized on oxytonic vowels before nasals.
Keywords
nasalization, nasal, oxytone, vowel
Domain
prosodic phonology
Type
implicational hierarchy
Status
diachronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
8 North Italian dialects: Bolognese, Cairese, Imoloese, Lughese, Ravennate, Riminese, Milanese, Bergamese; Rhaeto-Romance (Taveschan dialect); Latin
This may have something to do with length. Oxytonic vowels are phonetically longer than paroxytonic or proparoxytonic ones. Hajek suspects this may be the reverse for right-headed languages.
This may have something to do with length. Oxytonic vowels are phonetically longer than paroxytonic or proparoxytonic ones. Hajek suspects this may be the reverse for right-headed languages.