From Latin to Spanish

Cover
Preface
Phonetic Symbols and Diacritical Marks
Table of Contents


Chapter 1 On The Nature of Linguistic Change
Sound Change and Sound Laws
- Types of Sound Changes
- How do Sounds Change?
- The Spread of a Sound Change
- The Causes of Sound Change
- Other Causes of Sound Change
Morphological Change: Analogy

Chapter 2 The Latin Language
The Phonological System of Latin
The Vowel System
The Consonant System
Accentuation
The Morphological System of Latin
The Nominal System
The Verbal System

Chapter 3 From Earlier to Later Latin
The Phonological System
Vowels
Consonants
The Simplification of the Syllable: Reduction of Consonant Groups
The Development of Intervocalic Consonants
The Morphological System
The Nominal System
The Verbal System

Chapter 4 From Late Latin to Old Spanish
Introduction: Ibero-Romance Within the Western Romance Complex
The Phonological System
Vowels
- The Yod and the Development of the Vowels
- Syncope and Its Effects
Consonants
- The Beginnings of the Change /f-/ > /h-/
- Initial Consonant Groups
- Palatal Consonants
- The Sibilants
The Morphological System
The Nominal System
The Verbal System


Chapter 5 From Medieval to Modern Spanish
The Phonological System
Vowels
Consonants
The Morphological System
The Nominal System
The Verbal System


References
Word and Morpheme Index

Index
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