Linguistics: Vowel Harmony In Italian Simple Future Forms and Slavic Imperatives
Posted: Monday, April 11, 2011
by IvanPetryshyn
Ivan Petryshyn
The vowel regularities that have been noticed in Italian, Ukrainian and Polish 3-syllable words with the last accentuated syllable are very much of the same value:
I-E-'AI=E-E-'AI=IE-IE-'AI=X-'E-AI
vincerai- peredai- pieriedai (Russian)- przedaj I=E=IE/E=E=IE=E/{AI}
I-E-AI=Y-I-'AI=Y-IE-'AI=Y-'IE-AI I=Y/E=I=IE=IE/{AI}
fingerai- vylitai-vylietai-wyletaj
I-E-'AI=Y-Y-'AI-Y-IE-AI=Y-'IE-AI IE=Y/E=Y=I=EI/{AI}
piegherai-vybyrai-vybirai-wybieraj
E-E-'AI=Y-Y-'AI=Y-Y-'AI=Y-'Y'AI E=Y/E=Y/{AI}
perderai-vyklykai-vyzyvai-wyzywaj
E-E-'AI=Y-Y-'AI-U-I-'AI=E-'IE-RAI E=Y/E=Y=I=IE/{AI}
getterai-prybyrai-ubirai-przebieraj
E-E-'AI=Y-Y-'AI-Y-I-'AI=Y-IE-AI E=Y/E=Y=I=EI/{AI}
metterai-vydyrai- vydirai-wydzieraj
E-E-'AI=A-Y-'AI=A-I-'AI=A-'IE-AI E=A/E=Y=I=IE/{AI}
sederai-zadyrai-zadirai-zadzieraj.
The above-mentioned examples demonstrate that the Italian Simple Future verb forms correspond to the Slavic Imperative Mood verb forms, following the same vowel gradation or the approximately same one proving the similar verb forming isomorphic pattern, as well as the same phonetic regularities requirements for the word harmony organization.
The most important correspondences regularities in the first syllable are:
a/Ital. I=Ukr. Y/E= Russ. IE/Y= Pol. "x"/Y;
b/Ital. IE= Slavic Y;
c/ Ital. E= Y/A[more common for the I-E Slavic featured 1st-syllable consonant-vowel interdependence pattern].
The most significant 2nd syllable regularities are:
a/Ital. E= Slavic Y/E/IE/I [IE and I occuring after/before or between palatilizing consonants].
The levelled Italian pattern E_E_AI = the levelled Ukrainian pattern (not allowing palatalisation as in Polish or in Russian) Y_Y_AI/A_Y_AI which is closer to the vocalic iItalian interdependence characteristic feature.
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