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LA PALATALIZACION INCOMPLETA DE LOS GRUPOS /PL-/, /FL-/ Y /KL-/ EN ESPANOL: UN ANALISIS DEL PAPEL DE LA FRECUENCIA

Quintana Muñoz, Sonia
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1196381230

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2007, Master of Arts, Miami University, Spanish.
This study examines the causes that led to the incomplete palatalization of the initial clusters /pl-/, /fl-/ and /kl-/ in Spanish. In view of the insufficiencies found in previous explanations, the goal of the project presented here is to provide an alternative analysis taking a different perspective from the traditional approaches, treating the palatalization of these clusters as an example of lexical diffusion and looking at the frequency of use as one of the main factors that led to the palatalization of just part of the lexical items. In order to find out whether the frequency of use is a relevant factor in this process, we looked at the frequency with which a group of palatalized and non-palatalized words appeared in a selection of texts from the Corpus Diacronico del Espanol. The results indicate that, statistically, palatalized words are more frequently used in this corpus than the ones that maintained the initial cluster, confirming that frequency plays a role in the diffusion of this change.
Kenneth Wireback (Advisor)
52 p.
Language, Linguistics
Diachronic linguistics; Palatalization; Word frequency; Phonological change; Lexical diffusion

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  • Quintana Muñoz, S. (2007). LA PALATALIZACION INCOMPLETA DE LOS GRUPOS /PL-/, /FL-/ Y /KL-/ EN ESPANOL: UN ANALISIS DEL PAPEL DE LA FRECUENCIA [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1196381230

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Quintana Muñoz, Sonia. LA PALATALIZACION INCOMPLETA DE LOS GRUPOS /PL-/, /FL-/ Y /KL-/ EN ESPANOL: UN ANALISIS DEL PAPEL DE LA FRECUENCIA. 2007. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1196381230.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Quintana Muñoz, Sonia. "LA PALATALIZACION INCOMPLETA DE LOS GRUPOS /PL-/, /FL-/ Y /KL-/ EN ESPANOL: UN ANALISIS DEL PAPEL DE LA FRECUENCIA." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1196381230

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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