The shift away from the marked : Syllabic consonants in historical Czech

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F25%3A00144309" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/25:00144309 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.glossa-journal.org/" target="_blank" >https://www.glossa-journal.org/</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.16995/glossa.16524" target="_blank" >10.16995/glossa.16524</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The shift away from the marked : Syllabic consonants in historical Czech
Original language description
This paper analyzes the process of resyllabification in historical Czech. We argue that the diachronic shift from non-syllabic liquids to syllabic consonants reflects a broader cross-linguistic pattern of phonological change, characterized by a move away from marked structures. Resyllabification is examined in verse texts from the 14th to the 16th centuries that adhere to a regular octosyllabic rhythm. Our corpus-based research reveals that this process is influenced by morphological structure, with word-medial liquids becoming syllabic before those in word-final and morpheme-final positions. We explain this two-step change as a shift along the licensing hierarchy, from more marked to less marked licensors.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-04719S" target="_blank" >GA23-04719S: Development of Syllabic Sonorants in Czech</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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