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Considering Paradigmatic Factors in the Reduction of Old Spanish sodes > sois

from Part 4 - LINGUISTIC CONTACT AND CHANGE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2012

Joel Rini
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
Ivy A. Corfis
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ray Harris-Northall
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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The loss of /-d-/ from the segment -odes of OSp. sodes has normally been included with that of the Old Spanish second person verbal suffixes -ades, -edes and -ides. On the one hand, the inclusion of -odes in any analysis of the reduction of -ades, -edes and -ides is not only logical, but also methodologically sound, whether this reduction is viewed as a case of straightforward sound change or as the result of a combination of phonological and morphological factors. The /-d-/ occurs in the same phonetic environment (i.e., intervocalically) and constitutes the first element of the second person plural verbal suffix /-des/ in all four segments. On the other hand, one could argue that the reduction of -odes might be better analyzed apart from that of -ades, -edes and -ides, or that at least it be given further attention after its analysis with the other three, since it differs from these in two very important respects. First, while -ades, -edes and -ides functioned as suffixes of entire verb classes, -odes belonged to only one verb form. Second, and more importantly, while the vowel immediately preceding the suffix /-des/ of -ades, -edes and -ides was a theme vowel, indicating conjugation class and mood, e.g., /amádes/→ /am-/ (root) + /-a-/ (theme vowel) + /-des/ (suffix), the vowel immediately preceding the suffix /-des/ of sodes belonged to the root, i.e., /sódes/→/só-/ (root) + /-des/ (suffix).

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Medieval Iberia
Changing Societies and Cultures in Contact and Transition
, pp. 175 - 184
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2007

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