Esta Tese investiga um processo fonológico de elevação de vogais médias pretônicas no português sul-rio-grandense em textos escritos no século XIX. Acredita-se que alguns casos de presença de vogais <i> e <u> no lugar de <e> e <o>, com base na ortografia atual, possam ser indícios de um processo de elevação vocálica, de modo semelhante ao que ocorre em realizações da língua falada. Este trabalho propõe retratar a presença do processo de elevação de vogais médias pretônicas /e/ e /o/ no Rio Grande do Sul e propor uma metodologia para o trabalho em Fonologia Diacrônica, através de um levantamento e organização de corpora de textos oitocentistas, com base em estudiosos da Linguística Histórica (ROMAINE, 1982; LASS, 2000; SCHNEIDER, 2002; MONTGOMERY, 2007). O levantamento de dados em corpora de língua escrita baseou-se em fenômenos estudados em pesquisas sobre elevação de pretônicas, como a harmonia vocálica, a elevação em sílaba inicial e o caso de elevação sem motivação aparente (BISOL, 1981; BATTISTI, 1993; SCHWINDT, 1995, 2002; CASAGRANDE, 2003; KLUNCK, 2007; SILVA, 2012, dentre outros). Corpora variados de textos impressos são disponibilizados de forma digitalizada (fotografia) e inédita para a comunidade acadêmica e geral. Propõe-se discutir se as formas encontradas são casos de reflexos de oralidade ou possíveis ajustes a uma suposta norma escrita oitocentista em construção, através do confronto de ocorrências em gramáticas, dicionários e vocabulários oitocentistas. / This thesis investigates the pretonic mid vowel raising on written texts in Rio Grande do Sul in the nineteenth century. Based on current Brazilian Portuguese spelling, it is believed that some cases of the presence of vowels <i> and <u> replacing <e> and <o> may be clues from a vowel raising process like the same one that happens in spoken language. This paper intends to portray the presence of the raising of the pretonic mid vowels /e/ and /o/ in sul-rio-grandense Portuguese. Besides, it intends to propose specific methodology for diachronic phonology research through corpora organization, based on Historical Linguistics (ROMAINE, 1982; LASS, 2000; SCHNEIDER, 2002; MONTGOMERY, 2007). The data collection in written language corpora was based on phonological phenomena from the researches about pretonic mid vowel raising, such as vowel harmony, vowel raising in initial syllable and vowel raising with no apparent motivation (BISOL, 1981; BATTISTI, 1993; SCHWINDT, 1995, 2002; CASAGRANDE, 2003; KLUNCK, 2007; SILVA, 2012). Data were examined in grammar books and dictionaries from that century. This research discusses if the words found on the nineteenth century corpora reflect either the spoken language or the first writings of Brazilian Portuguese orthography from that time. Written texts corpora are available in a digital archive in this thesis.

Esta Tese investiga um processo fonológico de elevação de vogais médias pretônicas no português sul-rio-grandense em textos escritos no século XIX. Acredita-se que alguns casos de presença de vogais <i> e <u> no lugar de <e> e <o>, com base na ortografia atual, possam ser indícios de um processo de elevação vocálica, de modo semelhante ao que ocorre em realizações da língua falada. Este trabalho propõe retratar a presença do processo de elevação de vogais médias pretônicas /e/ e /o/ no Rio Grande do Sul e propor uma metodologia para o trabalho em Fonologia Diacrônica, através de um levantamento e organização de corpora de textos oitocentistas, com base em estudiosos da Linguística Histórica (ROMAINE, 1982; LASS, 2000; SCHNEIDER, 2002; MONTGOMERY, 2007). O levantamento de dados em corpora de língua escrita baseou-se em fenômenos estudados em pesquisas sobre elevação de pretônicas, como a harmonia vocálica, a elevação em sílaba inicial e o caso de elevação sem motivação aparente (BISOL, 1981; BATTISTI, 1993; SCHWINDT, 1995, 2002; CASAGRANDE, 2003; KLUNCK, 2007; SILVA, 2012, dentre outros). Corpora variados de textos impressos são disponibilizados de forma digitalizada (fotografia) e inédita para a comunidade acadêmica e geral. Propõe-se discutir se as formas encontradas são casos de reflexos de oralidade ou possíveis ajustes a uma suposta norma escrita oitocentista em construção, através do confronto de ocorrências em gramáticas, dicionários e vocabulários oitocentistas. / This thesis investigates the pretonic mid vowel raising on written texts in Rio Grande do Sul in the nineteenth century. Based on current Brazilian Portuguese spelling, it is believed that some cases of the presence of vowels <i> and <u> replacing <e> and <o> may be clues from a vowel raising process like the same one that happens in spoken language. This paper intends to portray the presence of the raising of the pretonic mid vowels /e/ and /o/ in sul-rio-grandense Portuguese. Besides, it intends to propose specific methodology for diachronic phonology research through corpora organization, based on Historical Linguistics (ROMAINE, 1982; LASS, 2000; SCHNEIDER, 2002; MONTGOMERY, 2007). The data collection in written language corpora was based on phonological phenomena from the researches about pretonic mid vowel raising, such as vowel harmony, vowel raising in initial syllable and vowel raising with no apparent motivation (BISOL, 1981; BATTISTI, 1993; SCHWINDT, 1995, 2002; CASAGRANDE, 2003; KLUNCK, 2007; SILVA, 2012). Data were examined in grammar books and dictionaries from that century. This research discusses if the words found on the nineteenth century corpora reflect either the spoken language or the first writings of Brazilian Portuguese orthography from that time. Written texts corpora are available in a digital archive in this thesis.

Esta Tese investiga um processo fonológico de elevação de vogais médias pretônicas no português sul-rio-grandense em textos escritos no século XIX. Acredita-se que alguns casos de presença de vogais <i> e <u> no lugar de <e> e <o>, com base na ortografia atual, possam ser indícios de um processo de elevação vocálica, de modo semelhante ao que ocorre em realizações da língua falada. Este trabalho propõe retratar a presença do processo de elevação de vogais médias pretônicas /e/ e /o/ no Rio Grande do Sul e propor uma metodologia para o trabalho em Fonologia Diacrônica, através de um levantamento e organização de corpora de textos oitocentistas, com base em estudiosos da Linguística Histórica (ROMAINE, 1982; LASS, 2000; SCHNEIDER, 2002; MONTGOMERY, 2007). O levantamento de dados em corpora de língua escrita baseou-se em fenômenos estudados em pesquisas sobre elevação de pretônicas, como a harmonia vocálica, a elevação em sílaba inicial e o caso de elevação sem motivação aparente (BISOL, 1981; BATTISTI, 1993; SCHWINDT, 1995, 2002; CASAGRANDE, 2003; KLUNCK, 2007; SILVA, 2012, dentre outros). Corpora variados de textos impressos são disponibilizados de forma digitalizada (fotografia) e inédita para a comunidade acadêmica e geral. Propõe-se discutir se as formas encontradas são casos de reflexos de oralidade ou possíveis ajustes a uma suposta norma escrita oitocentista em construção, através do confronto de ocorrências em gramáticas, dicionários e vocabulários oitocentistas. / This thesis investigates the pretonic mid vowel raising on written texts in Rio Grande do Sul in the nineteenth century. Based on current Brazilian Portuguese spelling, it is believed that some cases of the presence of vowels <i> and <u> replacing <e> and <o> may be clues from a vowel raising process like the same one that happens in spoken language. This paper intends to portray the presence of the raising of the pretonic mid vowels /e/ and /o/ in sul-rio-grandense Portuguese. Besides, it intends to propose specific methodology for diachronic phonology research through corpora organization, based on Historical Linguistics (ROMAINE, 1982; LASS, 2000; SCHNEIDER, 2002; MONTGOMERY, 2007). The data collection in written language corpora was based on phonological phenomena from the researches about pretonic mid vowel raising, such as vowel harmony, vowel raising in initial syllable and vowel raising with no apparent motivation (BISOL, 1981; BATTISTI, 1993; SCHWINDT, 1995, 2002; CASAGRANDE, 2003; KLUNCK, 2007; SILVA, 2012). Data were examined in grammar books and dictionaries from that century. This research discusses if the words found on the nineteenth century corpora reflect either the spoken language or the first writings of Brazilian Portuguese orthography from that time. Written texts corpora are available in a digital archive in this thesis.

Αντικείμενο μελέτης της εργασίας είναι η διαχρονία της ανύψωσης φωνηέντων στη Νεότερη Ελληνική. Αρχικά, παρουσιάζεται η ιστορική πορεία του φαινομένου και διατυπώνεται μια πρόταση για τη χρονολόγησή του. Κατόπιν, εξετάζονται συγχρονικά οι όροι εφαρμογής και η γεωγραφική κατανομή του φαινομένου στη Νέα Ελληνική και επιχειρείται μια σύγκριση των ελληνικών δεδομένων με δεδομένα άλλων γλωσσών. Επίσης, υιοθετείται μια ανάλυση στο πλαίσιο της Θεωρίας του Βέλτιστου και συζητώνται τα μειονεκτήματά της. Τέλος, με αφετηρία την ανύψωση φωνηέντων της Ελληνικής, θίγονται ορισμένα θεωρητικά θέματα σε σχέση με τη φωνολογική μεταβολή και τους τρόπους με τους οποίους αυτή εξαπλώνεται. / This study examines the diachrony of vowel raising in Greek. First, it presents the historical evolution of this phenomenon and deals with its dating. Then, it describes the conditioning environment of raising and its geographical distribution in Modern Greek. Moreover, Greek data is compared to relevant cross-linguistic data. An Optimality theoretic analysis is presented and its drawbacks are discussed. Last but not least, it is argued that the Greek phenomenon under scrutiny can contribute to a better understanding of sound change and how it spreads.

In hierdie studie word die fonologie en die morfologie van Lobedu, 'n dialek van die Noordoostelike dialekbundel van Noord-Sotho, beskryf. Historiese gegewens, soos in hoofstuk 1 weergegee, toon aan dat die Balobedu vroeer uitgebreide kontak met die Bavenda gehad het. Die vokale van Lobedu is anders as hulle standaard ewekniee op die vokaalkaart geposisioneer. In hoofstuk 2 word aangetoon dat die vokaalsisteem in sekere opsigte met 'n vyfvokaalsisteem ooreenstem, maar nogtans oor sewe foneme beskik. Tekens van 'n verskuiwing in die rigting van die meer tipiese sewevokaalsisteem is opgemerk. Die konsonante van Lobedu word gekenmerk deur veral vier a-tipiese artikulasies: dentale klanke vervang die standaard laterale sluitklanke, retroflekse sluitklanke vervang alveolere sluitklanke, oorwegend stemhebbende sluitklanke vervang tipiese Noord-Sotho se geejekteerde klanke, en affriksie by die vrylating van retroflekse plosiewe is prominent. In hoofstuk 3 word gekonsentreer op die toonpatrone wat verskillende naamwoorde en werkwoorde kenmerk. lnteressante verskille tussen standaard Noord-Sotho en Lobedu is gedokumenteer, hoewel daar uiteraard ook heelwat ooreenkomste bestaan. In hoofstuk 4 word die oorsprong van foneme diachronies nagespeur, terwyl alle geidentifiseerde klankveranderinge in hoofstuk 5 opgeneem is. 'n Uitstaande kenmerk van Lobedu is dat die kombinasie van labiale konsonante geheel en al anders as in tipiese Noord-Sotho hanteer word. In hoofstukke 6 tot 8 word die woordkategoriee morfologies beskryf en ontleed. Kenmerke van die werkwoord in die verskillende verbale subkategoriee kom ook aan die orde: Daar word na diachroniese feite verwys ten einde die voorkoms van sekere allomorfe te verklaar, terwyl die herkoms van sekere morfeme na Venda en Tsonga teruggevoer word. Hoofstuk 9 bevat 'n gedetailleerde uiteensetting van die struktuur van die verskillende kopulatiewe. In die finale hoofstuk word tot die slotsom gekom dat Lobedu wel as 'n dialek van Noord-Sotho beskou moat word, ten spyte van aansienlike Venda-beinvloeding. Die voorkoms van a-tipiese kenmerke diskwalifiseer Lobedu nie as 'n Noord-Sotho dialek nie; indien wel, moat die status van verskeie ander Noord-Sotho dialekte ook bevraagteken word. Die Balobedu beskou hulleself as Noord-Sotho manse, en die effektiewe kommunikasie tussen die Balobedu en sprekers van Noord-Sotho bewys dat onderlinge verstaanbaarheid 'n werklikheid is / African Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (Afrikatale)

In hierdie studie word die fonologie en die morfologie van Lobedu, 'n dialek van die Noordoostelike dialekbundel van Noord-Sotho, beskryf. Historiese gegewens, soos in hoofstuk 1 weergegee, toon aan dat die Balobedu vroeer uitgebreide kontak met die Bavenda gehad het. Die vokale van Lobedu is anders as hulle standaard ewekniee op die vokaalkaart geposisioneer. In hoofstuk 2 word aangetoon dat die vokaalsisteem in sekere opsigte met 'n vyfvokaalsisteem ooreenstem, maar nogtans oor sewe foneme beskik. Tekens van 'n verskuiwing in die rigting van die meer tipiese sewevokaalsisteem is opgemerk. Die konsonante van Lobedu word gekenmerk deur veral vier a-tipiese artikulasies: dentale klanke vervang die standaard laterale sluitklanke, retroflekse sluitklanke vervang alveolere sluitklanke, oorwegend stemhebbende sluitklanke vervang tipiese Noord-Sotho se geejekteerde klanke, en affriksie by die vrylating van retroflekse plosiewe is prominent. In hoofstuk 3 word gekonsentreer op die toonpatrone wat verskillende naamwoorde en werkwoorde kenmerk. lnteressante verskille tussen standaard Noord-Sotho en Lobedu is gedokumenteer, hoewel daar uiteraard ook heelwat ooreenkomste bestaan. In hoofstuk 4 word die oorsprong van foneme diachronies nagespeur, terwyl alle geidentifiseerde klankveranderinge in hoofstuk 5 opgeneem is. 'n Uitstaande kenmerk van Lobedu is dat die kombinasie van labiale konsonante geheel en al anders as in tipiese Noord-Sotho hanteer word. In hoofstukke 6 tot 8 word die woordkategoriee morfologies beskryf en ontleed. Kenmerke van die werkwoord in die verskillende verbale subkategoriee kom ook aan die orde: Daar word na diachroniese feite verwys ten einde die voorkoms van sekere allomorfe te verklaar, terwyl die herkoms van sekere morfeme na Venda en Tsonga teruggevoer word. Hoofstuk 9 bevat 'n gedetailleerde uiteensetting van die struktuur van die verskillende kopulatiewe. In die finale hoofstuk word tot die slotsom gekom dat Lobedu wel as 'n dialek van Noord-Sotho beskou moat word, ten spyte van aansienlike Venda-beinvloeding. Die voorkoms van a-tipiese kenmerke diskwalifiseer Lobedu nie as 'n Noord-Sotho dialek nie; indien wel, moat die status van verskeie ander Noord-Sotho dialekte ook bevraagteken word. Die Balobedu beskou hulleself as Noord-Sotho manse, en die effektiewe kommunikasie tussen die Balobedu en sprekers van Noord-Sotho bewys dat onderlinge verstaanbaarheid 'n werklikheid is / African Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (Afrikatale)