A gestural approach to Latin /pl, fl, kl/ cluster realizations in Galego-Portuguese and Sardinian
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https://doi.org/10.36505/TheLinguisticProceedings/2025/16/01/021/000681Keywords:
Galego-Portuguese, Sardinian, consonant clusters, articulatory gesturesAbstract
Among Romance languages, Galego-Portuguese and Sardinian are the only languages that replace the lateral with a rhotic in Latin onset clusters /pl, fl, kl/, as illustrated by the development of Latin ECCLESIA into Portuguese igreja, Galician igrexa, and Sardinian crexia. This study contributes to research on Romance phonology in two ways. First, it provides a historical analysis of this unusual sound change, including discussion of apparent exceptions. Second, it examines the phenomenon through a gestural framework, combining Articulatory Phonology and Phase Window theory to analyse the timing and coordination of articulatory gestures in both language groups.
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