An interpretation of some phonetic changes in the Romance languages

Abstract

In this article the author presents some ideas about the articulatory and perceptual mechanisms that may be involved in some major phonetic changes of the Romance languages, such as the evolution of Latino groups MB, ND and MN or the voicing of intervocalic voiceless stops comparing these ideas with those submitted by other Romance linguists in the past

Keywords

• fonética románica
• asimilación
• sonorización
• cambio fonético