Browsing by Author "Latimer, Richard"

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    Another look at Tunica vowels
    (University of Calgary, 1978-05) Latimer, Richard
    In several publications on Tunica, an extinct language once spoken in Louisiana, Mary Haas (1950, 1944) presents a vowel inventory which consists of seven phonemes. A close study of the morphophonemic alternations within the language suggests that there were only five underlying vowels and that the occurrence of [ɛ] and [ɔ] was predictable. In this paper, I will attempt to demonstrate that [ɛ] and [ɔ] are derived in two ways: (1) vowel coalescence and (2) assimilation. I will discuss the effects of each of these processes separately.
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    Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 2, Spring 1976
    (University of Calgary, 1976-05) de Waard, Al; Latimer, Richard; Maciborka, Melanie; Roberts, Jessica
    LOGOS, the student linguistics club at the University of Calgary is continuing their series of working papers. The contributions to this issue are from the undergraduates and graduates in The Department of Linguistics at The University of Calgary. In general, the papers were used as partial fulfillment for course work, with the topics arising from class discussions. The general areas dealt with are phonology, syntax, and sociolinguistics.
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    On Vegliote vowels
    (University of Calgary, 1976-05) Latimer, Richard
    Vegliote is, perhaps, the least known of the Romance languages. This language maintains its anonymity through the simple means of being extinct. However, Roger L. Hadlich, in his doctoral dissertation, posited a Serbo-Croatian influence upon the development of Vegliote, based on studies of the work of Matteo Bartoli. Through his studies, Hadlich attempted to explain many of the unanswered questions concerning the vowel and consonant development of Vegliote. In his dissertation, The Phonological History of Vegliote, Hadlich makes no reference to the types of words the phonemes were used in, nor does her state whether they were used by bilingual or monolingual speakers. Using modern structural techniques to trace the development of the language, Hadlich posits this Serbo-Croatian influence which I will trace point by point.