DOI: 10.3390/languages11080173 ISSN: 2226-471X
Hard Choices: Sound Change in Northern Greek
Cleo Condoravdi, Paul KiparskyWe propose a new account of the change from -Vsis, -Vzis to -Vi̯s in Modern Lesbian, as well as of related changes in other Northern Greek dialects, arguing that they are special cases of the loss of unstressed high vowels. Our analysis depends on the new understanding of the nature of sound change that nonlinear phonology and Optimality Theory jointly make available.