On the origins of the values of unstressed non-final /e/ in European and Brazilian Portuguese
The aim of this article is to show that the raising of unstressed /e/ within a word is a very early feature of Portuguese, dating from the 13th century. In fact it can be shown that, independent of the assimilatory vocalic conditions mentioned by Herculano de Carvalho (1962), there was an early tend...
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Language: | English |
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University of A Coruña
2015-12-01
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Series: | Revista Galega de Filoloxía |
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Online Access: | http://revistas.udc.es/index.php/rgf/article/view/rgf.2015.16.0.1378/623 |