LIN376H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Positron-Electron Tandem Ring Accelerator, Gemination, Etymology
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Chapter 1 the evolution of stressed vowels. The languages of the romance family are descended from latin. Latin came to be a socially complex language, extending over a vast territory and serving the needs of diverse speech communities. Latin lived on as an evolving spoken language among the far-flung populations of the. The basic vocal of the romance languages bears the imprint of a casual, spoken style of. The classical language remained an influential presence in the minds of the literate few and became in the later centuries, a source of new layers of vocabulary. Stress position in a latin word, known as etymon, has a crucial effect on its. It may reflect two different classes, as the image above shows. Arhizotonic: stressed off the root, such as debere and habere. Rhizotonic: stressed on the root, such as vendere, prendere and. Italian preserves the original contrast in stress pattern. Spanish has neutralized the contrast in favour of arhizotonic infinitives.
