Re: [tied] Romanian Development of /st/ (was: Against ... 'Albanian

Miguel Carrasquer wrote:

> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:42:06 +0100, alex <alxmoeller@...>
> wrote:
>
>> Miguel Carrasquer wrote:
>
>>> Yes. The Romance development /E/ > /ie/ was presumably a breaking
>>> of the open vowel (/E/ > /�e/, like /O/ > /�o/). The falling
>>> diphthong /�e/ later became the rising diphthong /j�/. Only at the
>>> stage /j�/ does palatalization of the preceding consonant apply.
>>> Palatalization of /r/ was subsequently lost, as it often is.
>>>
>>
>> only in initial position?
>
> No.
>
>> In final position
>
> Stressed /E/ never occurred in final position.
>
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> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
> mcv@...

Even if in Latin there was not in the final position in Rom. ( dues loose
of -re) it became in final position.
thus: salire > s�ri > s�i.
The palatalisation of the liquids and of /n/ at the final of the words is a
fact which should be explained as what?
a sari ( < salire) ; eu s�r, tu s�i and so one.

The final /i/ here should be considered as being analogical since expected
should be not "-i" but "-ie" ( "sare" > "saie")
Phonologicaly legitimated appears just the conjuctive of Pers. III sg ( "s�
saie" instead of literary "s� sar�" ).

Alex