Journal | Quaderni Veneti
Monographic journal issue | Parole in corso, a Venezia e altrove
Research Article | VOVO ovvero del trattamento di wo iniziale in veneziano
VOVO ovvero del trattamento di wo iniziale in veneziano
Abstract
In this paper, following the drafting of the entry vovo ‘egg’ for the VEV – Vocabolario storico‑etimologico del Veneziano (directed by Lorenzo Tomasin e Luca D’Onghia), the diachronic evolution of the word-initial diphthong wo is analysed, both in Venetian and Friulian varieties. Two possible developments are registered: wo > vo and wo > vwo. Our proposal is to account for both these developments as instances of a fortition process. Specifically, in the second case the process is characterised not by a simple melodic change as in the first case, but rather by the spreading of the melody of the approximant w to a preceding temporal X-slot, with the resulting sequence *wwo being then phonetically re-analysed as vwo.
Submitted: Sept. 23, 2024 | Published Forthcoming | Language: it
Keywords Friulian • Fortition processes • Vocabolario storico-etimologico del Veneziano • Venetian • Diphthongs
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/QV/1724-188X/2024/01/007
