Phonological change and interdialectal differences between Egyptian and Coptic: ḏ, ṯ → c = ϫ versus ḏ, ṯ → t = ⲧ

Diachronica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marwan Kilani
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Discussion ◽  
Phonological Rule ◽  
Phonological Change

Abstract The development of the Egyptian palatals ḏ and ṯ has long been a thorny issue in Egyptian linguistics. No convincing phonological rule for it has been identified so far. In the present paper I argue that the distribution of these phonemes is the result of inter-dialectal borrowings between a pre-Coptic dialect (C‑Dialect) in which ḏ , ṯ → c = ϫ and a pre-Coptic dialect (T‑Dialect) in which ḏ , ṯ → t = ⲧ. It is then argued that the attested Coptic dialects derive from T‑Dialects with lexical borrowings from C‑Dialects. A preliminary discussion of the sociolinguistic contexts of these dialects is presented in the second part of the article, where it is suggested that the C‑Dialect may have been associated with the area of the cities of Avaris/Pi-Ramses/Tanis and may have become a prestigious dialect and thus a source of lexical borrowings starting from the 19th dynasty.

Phonologically conditioned allomorphy in the morphology of Surmiran (Rumantsch)

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Optimality Theory ◽  
General Framework ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Historical Change ◽  
Romance Languages ◽  
Morphological Properties ◽  
Entire System ◽  
Verbal System ◽  
Extended Sense ◽  
Phonological Rule

Alternations between allomorphs that are not directly related by phonological rule, but whose selection is governed by phonological properties of the environment, have attracted the sporadic attention of phonologists and morphologists. Such phenomena are commonly limited to rather small corners of a language's structure, however, and as a result have not been a major theoretical focus. This paper examines a set of alternations in Surmiran, a Swiss Rumantsch language, that have this character and that pervade the entire system of the language. It is shown that the alternations in question, best attested in the verbal system, are not conditioned by any coherent set of morphological properties (either straightforwardly or in the extended sense of ‘morphomes’ explored in other Romance languages by Maiden). These alternations are, however, straightforwardly aligned with the location of stress in words, and an analysis is proposed within the general framework of Optimality Theory to express this. The resulting system of phonologically conditioned allomorphy turns out to include the great majority of patterning which one might be tempted to treat as productive phonology, but which has been rendered opaque (and subsequently morphologized) as a result of the working of historical change.

Quantitative component interaction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kie Zuraw
Keyword(s):  
Phase Boundary ◽  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
Component Interaction ◽  
Phonological Rule

This chapter examines the phonological rule of nasal substitution in Tagalog, specifically its rate of application in different constructions. Nasal substitution can occur whenever a prefix that ends in /ŋ/ attaches to a stem beginning with an obstruent, as in /maŋ + bigáj/ → [mamigáj] ‘to distribute’. Different prefixes trigger nasal substitution at different rates. This is similar to cases in which word-internal syntactic structure determines how and whether a phonological rule applies (e.g. Newell and Piggott 2014), but different because none of these words’ syntactic structure absolutely prevents nasal substitution, such as by placing a phase boundary between the prefix and stem. The focus of the chapter is on laying out the data, but it does suggest three possible interpretations: variable syntactic structure, a phonology directly sensitive to prefix identity, or competition between productive syntactic structure and lexicalized pronunciation.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Maiden
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Discussion ◽  
History Of

The chapter introduces the notion of morphomic phenomena in the history of the Romance verb, gives some initial definitions of the notion of morphome, and presents its history. Methods of diagnosing and analysing morphomic structure and diachrony receive a preliminary discussion. The aims of the book and its structure are set out, and there is a preliminary discussion of terminology.

Research on Basic Standard of Roadmap for Green Manufacturing

2014 ◽  
Vol 484-485 ◽  
pp. 462-466
Author(s):  
Zi Xing Gao
Keyword(s):  
Green Manufacturing ◽  
Modern Management ◽  
Preliminary Discussion ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Basic Standard

The technical roadmap which has been produced since the 1980s is used in many fields. In reality it has formed many technical roadmaps standard. Summarizing and studying these standards has the important meaning to this emerging modern management tool's development consummation of the technical road map. This article has carried on the preliminary discussion from the technical roadmap content, the formulation procedure, the representation, the formulation method and so on.

The effect of Taxes on the wireless telecommunications sector in Jordan during the period (2011-2015): أثر الضرائب على قطاع الاتصالات اللاسلكية في الأردن خلال الفترة (2011 - 2015)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Nabil Alhajeid, Sana Salim Alhajeid
Keyword(s):  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Public Research ◽  
Research Centers ◽  
Consumer Spending ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Preliminary Discussion ◽  
Telecommunications Sector ◽  
Wireless Telecommunications ◽  
Communications Services ◽  
Descriptive Method

This research aimed at a general preliminary discussion of the implications of taxes on communications services and public taxes such as VAT on goods and services or all. This research follows the descriptive method, which collects information from its various sources and submits it to Therefore, the researcher will study the literature related to the study and a number of published and unpublished sources, such as the working papers of conferences, workshops, seminars, articles, in addition to previous studies and researches. He will also work on studying statistics and publications issued by ministries and public research centers. The study's hypothesis provided that there is an inverse relationship between the taxation of the telecommunications sector and the sector's contribution to GDP. The study's hypothesis provided that there is an inverse relationship between the taxation of the telecommunications sector and the sector's contribution to GDP. The research concludes with several results that can be summed up in five points: 1_Annual profit declined by 5.7 in the first half of the year: 2015 compared with 2014. Consumer spending fell by 18% in the year: 2012, compared to 2011. 2-The decline in the number of employees in the sector by 441 employees between years: 2011 and 2015 AD. 3- The sector's participation in GDP fell from 8.96% in 2010 to 5.67% in 2014. The study's thesis_ which states that there is an inverse relationship between the taxation of the telecommunications sector and the sector's contribution to GDP - is well established.

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