Vol. 1 (2015)
Articles

Word-Initial Geminates in Sardinian

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  • Rosangela Lai
Rosangela Lai
Laboratorio editoriale OA / Dip. LILSI
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/QULSO-2421-7220-16515

Published 2015-08-31

Keywords

  • Sardinian,
  • Strict CV Theory,
  • Phonology

How to Cite

Lai, R. (2015). Word-Initial Geminates in Sardinian. Quaderni Di Linguistica E Studi Orientali, 1, 37–60. https://doi.org/10.13128/QULSO-2421-7220-16515
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Abstract

It is reported to be uncommon for a language to display phonological contrasts between simplex and geminate obstruents: Italian and Japanese are among the few that do (Tsujimura 2007; Davis 2011). It is even less common for languages to display a phonological contrast of this kind in word-initial position. In this contribution, Sardinian is shown to be one such language. Word-initial geminates are identified through a range of diagnostics and are given an analysis in terms of the CVCV Theory (Lowenstamm 1996; Scheer 2004).

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