Vowel length in Selice Romani
Phonology, morphophonology, and diachrony
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12757301 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Viktor Elšík (0000-0001-8881-8648, Charles University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 185-219 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Romani Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1528-0748 • E-ISSN: 1757-2274 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/rost.2022.10 |
| OpenAlex | W4312186141 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Selice Romani has developed phonemic vowel length due to long-term bilingualism of the speakers in Hungarian. The present paper aims to provide a basic descriptive account of both the synchronic (phonological, phonotactic, and morphophonological) aspects of vowel length and its development in this Romani variety. The major source of long vowels in the pre-Hungarian compartment was pretonic substitutive lengthening through contact-induced phonemicization of pre-existing allophonic variation. The subsequent contact-induced stress fixation licensed the hypoanalysis of vowel length as a lexical property of morphemes and analogical extension of long vowels
Formant · Linguistics · Mid vowel · Morpheme · Phonology · Phonotactics · Physics · Stress (linguistics · Variation (astronomy · Vowel · Vowel harmony · Vowel length · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Romani and Gypsy Studies
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |