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

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/ > /íe/, like /O/ > /úo/). The falling diphthong
>> /íe/ later became the rising diphthong /jé/. Only at the stage /jé/
>> 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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