Home » Central Asian "please" phonetic correspondences in Slavic and Italian

Primary analysis:

1. The C-A consonant matrix M-RH-M-T

M-RHB-NN-

M-RHB-N-

Might well correspond to the Slavic M-RSH-V-Y'

M-RKN-T

M-RZN-T

M-MBR-N

2. The pre-final C-A A-NN-I' and A-N-I' and O-N-I' have their correspondences in Slavic and Italian:

Ukrainian:

sav-ANN-I

Zibr-ANN-I

Bor-ON-I

Kor-ON-I

Kor-ONN-I

Dol-ON-I

Italian: poltr-O-N-E

Lim-ON-I

Cov-ON-I

Ner-ON-I

Pall-ON-I

Col- ONN-E

Russian: zyel-ON-y'y'

Razhdy-ONN-y'y'

Abar-ONN-y'y'

Saly-ON-y'y'

Polish: ziel'-ON-y

Cherv-ON-y

Marz-ON-y

Strzez'-ON-y

3. The C-A consonant matrix inserting vowels has some specific regularity:

4. a/ leveled equalized position:

a"-a"-a"

a-a-a

b/ mixed, leveled and strong position:

a-a-i

c/ mixed, strong/reduced+leveled accentuated position:

e-a-i

d/ mixed, strong/reduced +wa regressive assimilation depending on N position+ final contracted accentuated position:

e-o-i

5. the corresponding Slavic matrix fitting vowels have the following correspondences:

6. a/ framing position: Y-a-Y

b/ leveled +final accentuated position a-a-i

c/ strong, accentuated+wo+unstressed final position

E'-U-Y

d/ leveled+wa+stressed final position:

a-O-Y'

7. the O-N-I group has its correspondences in a number of Ukrainian words:

bo'roni vs boro'ny

do'loni vs doly'ny with the same wa regressive assimilation before "N"

8. the ONI/ONE group is also traced in Italian: neroni, limoni, covoni, poltrone

9. the interlingual correspondence matrix pattern can be represented as it follows:

MA'RHA'MA'T

ARHAM/NN//A/E/I/

ERHB/O/N/I

MYRSHAVY'Y

MARSHOVY'Y

MARNOVY'Y

MERKNUTY

RZNUTY

10. The C-A BON- = Ukr. NOV

zoNN

zhoNN

roNN

with other variations: Ukr. Bezdonny'y' DONN

Rus. Konny'y' KONN

Ukr./Rus. Sonny'y' SONN

CONCLUSIONS:

1. THE LEVELLED POSITION OF THE C-A VOWELS A'-A'-A'/A-A-A UNDERGOES CHANGES

a/ under the stress a-a-e'/e-a-i'

b/ the leveled a in the initial position changes into e, either as a rudiment of a" or as a reduced a

a-a-e'

c/ the final stressed unclosed a/a" becomes i: e-a-I"/e-o-I"

d/ the middle leveled a becomes o (wa) under the influence of the next N: O

2. Slavic correspondences:

a/ preserved leveled a under the stress: Y-A"-Y

b/ preserved initial leveled a in the unstressed position A-o-Y"

c/ strong position of the initial a under the stress: e"-u-y

d/ stressed analogical to the initial o: ONI elements: o-o"-N-I/o-o-N

e/ stressed/ustressed ANNI elements

- Analogical with the initial unstressed a: a^-a"NNI

- Non-stressed group preceeded by a palatalized initial consonant I':

- I"-ANNI

3. Always stressed analogical Italian O"NE/O"NI groups: o-O"NE/o-O"NI/e-O"NI/i-O"NI

4. The 3-syllable C-A please' are:

a/ closed by a dental "T" with the 2 nd syllable beginning with a consonant combination "RH" which corresponds to Ukr. "RSH"

b/ opened by the stressed final "I", the 2 nd syllable beginning with a 3 element consonant combination "RHB/HRB", the word finalizing in aNNI/aNI/oNI;

c/ the other variations would lead us to the conclusion:

1/ the vowels can be

-enframing e-a"-e/e-o"-e

- the second one stressed: e-e"-o/e-u"o

- the second and the 3 rd are the same, one- stressed, another unstressed/both stressed:

e-o"-o/e"a-a

- With ANO group: e-a"-o

5. 3 different vowels in the pattern: e-o-I"/e-o"-a/e-u"-io/e-o-I"a/a-o"-i

- The ANO/O"NE/O"NI groups are always traced with the 1 st syllable stressed

- -the ODI"/OLO/O"RA are traced after ZZ/ST, sometimes depending on the grammatical government of the word as much as on the phonological one

- -the U"ZZO/U"CCIO are traced after RL/ZZ requiring ?O/U

- -interesting for the contrastive analyses Italian consonant groups are:

RK/RL/ST/TR/ZZ requesting

- RK/RC a/e

- RC-u

- RL- e before TT/u before ZZ

- ST o before L

- TR- before palatalized GG+io/I before C

- ZZ- a before another a syllable (A-LA).

- Thus, generally,:

RK/RC requires a/e/u

RL- e/u before doubles

ST- o before L

TR- a/i

ZZ- a before another leveled a.

Every separately taken language harmony adjusted vowel-consonant interdependence pattern proves to be quasi-isomorphic in the line of consonantic matrix structure with its vowel dependence regularities:1/ it occurs that, in different language families, the matrix consonant pattern can be the same (Central Asian Languages, Slavic Languages or Romance Languages); 2/ the vowel-consonant interdependence very often is similar, with the same regressively directed assimilated regularities within one word; 3/ there is a disputable question as to the existance of roots: phonological matrix tends to universality; 4/ the isomorphic matrix pattern in no way complies with any grammatical or syntactic rules- vowel-consonant interdependence regularities variations depend on the vowel position in the word and upon the accentuation vowel resolution.

Ivan Petryshyn, Chicago, USA 11/01/08