11.1890, Qs: Phonological Change/Imitation, Berber Lang

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Subject: 11.1890, Qs: Phonological Change/Imitation, Berber Lang

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Date:  Fri, 08 Sep 2000 12:05:00 EST
From:  "Bill Palmer" <palmer_bill at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Phonological change driven by imitation

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Date:  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:03:59 +0100
From:  Naima Louali <Naima.Louali at ish-lyon.cnrs.fr>
Subject:  recherche information <berbere>

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 08 Sep 2000 12:05:00 EST
From:  "Bill Palmer" <palmer_bill at hotmail.com>
Subject:  Phonological change driven by imitation

	

Does anyone know of any other instances of phonological (or for that matter
lexical or grammatical) change resulting from an idiosyncratic feature of
the idiolect of a prominent personality?	

	
	Several times over the years I have heard a couple of anecdotes about
	phonological change driven by the imitation of a monarch with an unusual
	pronunciation. One anecdote has the Spanish interdental fricative arising
	from imitation of a Spanish monarch with a lisp. The other has the northern
	European shift to a uvular rhotic arising from the imitation at court of a
	French monarch who had this as an idiosyncratic feature of their idiolect,
	subsequently spreading to Paris, then France, then neighbouring countries to
	the east, explaining the areal and not genetic nature of this change.
	
	Is there any truth in either of these anecdotes? If so can anyone help me
	with references?
	

	
	I'll post a summary if the responses warrant it.
	
	Bill Palmer
	palmer_bill at hotmail.com
	
	


	


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:03:59 +0100
From:  Naima Louali <Naima.Louali at ish-lyon.cnrs.fr>
Subject:  recherche information <berbere>

Bonjour a tous

Je suis chargée de
faire converger l'information vers un Bulletin d'Information sur les
Recherches en Linguistique dans le domaine berbère . Je suis donc à la
recherche de toutes les  informations à ce sujet :

Soutenance de thèses et mémoires


Séminaires et colloques


Publications récentes (1999)


Annonces de colloques



Je vous remercie d'avance pour votre collaboration



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