From Latin to Portuguese: Historical Phonology and Morphology of the Portuguese Language

Historical Phonology and Morphology of the Portuguese Language CONTENTS Page Prefaces............................................................................... vii Phonetic Symbols, Diacritical Marks, and other Signs xiii Introduction Vulgar Latin.................................................................... I Portuguese....................................................................... 10 Portuguese Orthography................................................ 19 Phonology Tonic Vowels................................................................... 29 Pretonic Vowels.............................................................. 40 Final Vowels.................................................................... 46 Secondary Tonic............................................................. 51 Posttonic Penult............................................................. 52 Intertonic Vowels............................................................ 55 Initial Short Consonants................................................ 59 Initial Consonant Groups............................................... 62 Intervocalic Short Consonants....................................... 65 Intervocalic Long Consonants....................................... 74 Medial Consonant Groups.............................................. 75 Final Consonants............................................................ 92 General Phonological Phenomena.................................. 94 Sporadic Changes............................................................ 101 Morphology Nouns............................ 117 Adjectives........................................................................ 128 Numerals......................................................................... 133 Articles............................................................................ 139 Pronouns......................................................................... 143 General Phenomena of Verbal Inflexion........................ 161 Tense Endings................................................................. 180 Radical-changing Verbs.................................................. 208 Unclassifiable Verbs........................................................ 218 Abbreviations and List of Books and Articles Cited. . 243 Supplementary Selective Bibliography........................ 268 Index...................................................................................... 273