• Tonal stability and tonogenesis in North Germanic

    Author(s):
    Pavel Iosad (see profile)
    Date:
    2016
    Subject(s):
    Linguistics, Scandinavian languages
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6823F
    Abstract:
    The origin of North Germanic tonal accents is a question with a long history and a range of available answers. Although the basic facts are not in dispute, the accents’ historical development remains controversial. In this paper, I aim to contribute an argument in favour of the view that tonal accent arose in post-Viking Age North Germanic in connection with changes in syllable count (Oftedal 1952; Elstad 1980; Bye 2004, 2011; Hognestad 2012). I will argue that the genesis of ‘accent 1’ and ‘accent 2’ as a grammaticalization of syllable count need not be seen as an isolated, unique phenomenon in the history of the North Germanic languages: instead, it is a recurring event, as demonstrated by the genesis of new ‘tonal accent’ oppositions triggered by apocope in at least three further separate instances in Central Scandinavia, Zealand, and East Slesvig. I also adduce further typological parallels from West Germanic and from Goidelic Celtic.
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    Uncorrected proof — please refer to the published book for the authoritative version.
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    Publisher:
    Norvik Press
    Pub. Date:
    2016
    Book Title:
    Beyond borealism: New perspectives on the North
    Author/Editor:
    Ian Giles, Laura Chapot, Chris Cooijmans, Ryan Foster, Barbara Tesio
    Page Range:
    80 - 97
    ISBN:
    1909408336
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved

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