The Variation in the Reduction of the Diphthong Au from Latin to Portuguese
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Diachronic variation, Diphthong, MonophtongizationAbstract
This work intends to discuss the variation of the reduction phenomenon of the primary diphthong au from Latin to Portuguese. We believe that, since past synchronies, it is possible to identify linguistic and socio-historic motivations that can explain the occurrence of the phenomenon that persists modernly as a mark of orality. With the theorical support of Historical Sociolinguistics, we examined studies that seek an explanation inside diachrony to the phenomenon of the au diphthong reduction. We verified that this phenomenon already occurred orally in the less cultured Latin as proven by the sources from vulgar Latin, however, it has not necessarily evolved to changes in the romance languages. Due to the preservation of the au diphthong in the written register of cultured Latin, the phenomenon realizes itself again in the transition to the romance languages and continues to be represented as a variant in medieval Portuguese and eighteenth-century Portuguese corpora in Brazil. The socio[1]historical motivation points towards a less careful speech as an indication of the social status of the speaker/writer. The linguistic motivation is related to the conditioning environment of the phenomenon of the au diphthong reduction in front of occlusive consonants and with /S/ complex syllables, according to Oliveira (2008).
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