2013/11/11 by James Clackson · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Linguistics and language evolution #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Medieval Literature and History
paper · doi:10.1111/1467-968x.12034
openalex publication_date 2013/11/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
Abstract The Sabellian branch of the Italic languages of Indo‐European comprises Oscan, Umbrian, South Picene and a number of smaller varieties. This paper analyses the current model for subgrouping these languages and gives detailed consideration to a number of phonological and morphological isoglosses. The publication of a new corpus of the Sabellian inscriptions allows a better understanding of the relative chronology for language change in the Sabellian branch, and this leads to a new perspective on the interrelations between the Sabellian languages.