The 'Medieval Sibilants' of the Eulalia-Ludwigslied Manuscript and Their Development in Early Old French
John Fought
The account given by Joos 1952 of the emergence a contrast between laminal and apical sibilants in Old French High German, its reduction Later Middle is brought into sharper focus examining evidence 9th century MS containing text Picard one Rhine Franconian written same hand. This suggests re-interpretation development sibilant systems these border dialects-and also 'standard' literary dialects-in terms separate features manner point articulation for sibilants; it raises questions concerning relationship sound change.*
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