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The non-front main-stressed vowels in Early Old Nordic – a reconstruction

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The comparative data testifies to an Early Old Nordic three-way contrast between short labialised vowels of different origin. From these contrasts, the distribution of non-front vowels in both Old Icelandic and eastern Old Swedish are most economically derived. Nearly always, the 3 vowels merged in Old Icelandic /ǫ/. In eOSw the contrasts among vowels resulting in the ø, o, o/u and a, all from distinct labial-umlauted vowels originated from earlier */a/, calls for explanation.

Source: Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)

DOI: 10.17613/f3xmb-bq303

Author: Schalin, Johan

Language: English

Topic: Linguistics and language evolution

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7088635990

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