An Outline of the Phonology and Morphology of Old Provençal

A concise technical guide to the historical sound system and grammatical structure of Old Provençal, aimed at students of Romance philology. The first half analyzes accentual patterns, vowel quality and quantity, diphthongs, and consonant inventories with extensive phonetic notation and examples of sound change. Detailed treatment of consonant behavior addresses initial, medial, and final positions, complex clusters, double consonants, and sporadic processes such as insertion, metathesis, and dissimilation. The morphology section surveys nominal declension and related inflectional phenomena while deferring word-formation to separate study. Comparative reference to Latin and to Germanic and Greek influences appears throughout, and modern southern dialects are considered only to illuminate geographic phonetic variation.