Vulgar Latin in Roman Britain: Epigraphic and Other Evidence
by Colin Smith, Cambridge
Contents
|
I. Introduction |
894 |
II. Vowels |
899 |
1. -AE- (stressed and unstressed) |
899 |
2. -ER- > -AR-, -IEN- > -IAN- (stressed and unstressed) |
900 |
3. Stressed vowels |
901 |
a) -A- |
901 |
b) -E- |
901 |
c) -E- |
901 |
d) -I- |
902 |
e) -I- |
902 |
f) -O- |
903 |
g) -O- |
903 |
h) -U- |
903 |
i) -U- |
903 |
j) -AU- |
903 |
4. Unstressed vowels |
904 |
a) Vowels in hiatus |
904 |
b) Initial vowels |
905 |
c) Medial vowels |
907 |
d) Final vowels |
910 |
5. Greek vowels |
912 |
III. Consonants |
912 |
6. Initial consonants |
912 |
a) H- |
912 |
b) B/V- |
913 |
c) C/G- |
913 |
d) L/R- |
914 |
7. Medial consonants |
914 |
a) Voicing of -P-, T-, -K- |
914 |
b) -B/V- |
915 |
c) -V- |
916 |
d) -G- |
917 |
e) -J- |
917 |
f) Geminated consonants |
918 |
g) Grouped consonants: -QU- |
919 |
h) -X- |
919 |
i) Groups with nasal |
920 |
j) Groups with labial |
923 |
k) Groups with velar |
923 |
l) Other groups |
924 |
m) Secondary groups |
924 |
8. Final consonants |
925 |
9. Miscellaneous changes |
926 |
10. Greek consonants |
927 |
11. Celtic and Germanic proper names |
928 |
IV. Morphology |
929 |
12. The declensions |
929 |
13. The cases: forms |
930 |
14. The cases: usage |
931 |
15. The verb |
932 |
V. Words and Senses |
934 |
16. Words and Senses |
934 |
VI. Conclusions |
935 |
17. Summary of the evidence |
935 |
18. 'Language and History in Early Britain' |
938 |
19. Final considerations |
943 |
