How Do Unnatural Syllabifications Arise?! The Case of Consonant + Glide in Vulgar Latin

Sound Change in Romance and the Non-Explanatory Nature of Preference Laws

“…A particularly flagrant violation of the SCL has recently been reported by Pensado 1989. In Vulgar Latin, the resyllabification that took place as a result of hiatus reduction, as in fi.li.o.lum > fil.jo.lu, ja.cu.i > jac.wi, ja.nu.a.ri.um > jan.war.ju, 12 gave rise to "bad" syllable contacts (ranging from -1 to -7) which could easily have been avoided had speakers opted in favor of syllable-initial consonant + glide sequences (i.e.…”

The Social Context of the Charter: Times and Places of Documentation in Early Medieval Iberia (711-1031)

“…At the same time, it would have called for a degree of praelectio or preparatory study to identify passages needing register translation and archaisms or legalese requiring careful pronunciation or explanation, but then Isidore of Seville expected no less of his lector 145 . When one first heard a charter, much of it must have sounded old-fashioned or stiltedly notarial, but only that first time, as the constant recycling of text back into speech kept written and spoken registers in touch 146 . The process of composition, confirmation, and comprehension points to similar integration: in planning ahead, coordinating assembly, and involving a wide range of participants, we meet a society of minority literacy relying no less on writing for transaction, expectant of access to the written word.…”