Chapter 15. WGm. *u and *o in coastal Dutch

doi:10.1075/nss.30.c15

In:The Dawn of Dutch: Language contact in the Western Low Countries before 1200
Michiel de Vaan
[NOWELE Supplement Series 30] 2017
► pp. 243–390

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WGm. u and o in coastal Dutch

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15.1Research history and preliminaries
- 15.1.1Research history
- 15.1.2On the presence vs. absence of an i-mutation factor
- 15.1.3On the allophones *u and *o
- 15.1.4On closed and open syllables
- 15.1.5On the graphemics of rounded vowels
15.2Unrounding of *ü
- 15.2.1Unrounding in closed syllable
- 15.2.2Flemish unrounding before rC
  - Interpretation
- 15.2.3Unrounding in open syllable
- 15.2.4Alleged evidence to be dismissed
  - Interpretation of op and schop
- 15.2.5Summary and interpretation
  - a.In closed syllable
  - b.In open syllable
  - c.General conclusions
  - d.On the geographic distinction between i and e
15.3Fronting of *u and *o in coastal Dutch
- 15.3.1Short vowel
  - A.With i-mutation
    - 1. p, b
    - 3. t, d
    - 4. s, z
    - 5. k, g
    - 6. cht
    - 8. mC and nC
    - 9. l
  - B.Without i-mutation
    - 1. p, b
    - 2. f,v
    - 3. t, d
    - 4. s(s)
    - 5. k,g,ch
    - 6. cht
    - 8. mC and nC
    - 9. l(C)
- 15.3.2Lengthened vowel
  - A.With i-mutation
    - 1. p, b
    - 2. f, v
    - 3. t, d
    - 4. s, z
    - 5. k, g, ch
    - 7. m,n
    - 9. l
    - 10. r
  - B.Without i-mutation
    - 1. p, b
    - 2. f, v
    - 3. t, d
    - 4. s, z
    - 5. k, g
    - 7. m, n
    - 9. l
    - 10. r
- 15.3.3Etymological variation between /u/ and /ü/
- 15.3.4Summaries
  - Summary 1.The coastal Dutch distribution compared with WGm. i-mutation
  - Summary 2.The coastal Dutch distribution compared with West Germanic a-mutation
  - Summary 3.Vowel distribution according to the following consonant
    - A.Before labial obstruents
    - B.Before m
    - C.Before dental obstruents
    - D.Before n
    - E.Before n plus dental consonant
    - F.Before l
    - G.Before r
    - H.Before velar obstruents
    - I.Before n plus velar stop
    - J.Conclusions
  - Summary 4.Geographic distribution of the fronted vowel reflexes
- 15.3.5Interpretation
  - The main factor: Old Dutch *u
  - Geography
  - Relative chronology
  - General conclusion
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Chapter 15WGm. *u and *o in coastal Dutch

Chapter 15
WGm. u and o in coastal Dutch