Preferential Vowel-Lengthening Parameter: Vowel lengthening preferably occurs before the cluster nasal + fricative than nasal + stop. Vowel lengthening preferably occurs before the cluster nasal + voiceless stop than nasal + voiced stop.
Standardized
IF vowels preceding clusters nasal + stop are lengthened, THEN vowels preceding clusters fricative + stop are lengthened. IF vowels preceding clusters nasal + voiced stop are lengthened, THEN vowels preceding clusters nasal + stop are lengthened.
Keywords
vowel, length, nasal, stop, cluster
Domain
phonology
Type
implication
Status
diachronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
8 North Italian dialects: Bolognese, Cairese, Imoloese, Lughese, Ravennate, Riminese, Milanese, Bergamese; Rhaeto-Romance (Taveschan dialect); Latin
