anaphonesis

Noun

anaphonesis (uncountable)

1. The raising of /e/, /o/ to /i/, /u/ before certain consonantal environments, mainly [ŋ] and /ʎ/, occurring originally in some Tuscan dialects, and thus in Standard Italian.
   • Forms without anaphonesis (i.e. forms like conseglio, someglio, ponto, onghia) surround Florence on all sides. The loss of i in descending diphthongs (preite becoming prete) takes place about half-way through the century.1966, Bruno Miglorini, edited by T. Gwynfor Griffith, The Italian Language, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 70
   • As far as anaphonesis of i is concerned, the Florentine form is introduced in 'vermeglo' > 'vermiglio' (C), but there is no change to the tonic e of 'strense', or to the pretonic e of 'vencendo' (both in N).1986, Brian Richardson, “An Editor of Vernacular Texts in Sixteenth-Century Venice: Lucio Paolo Rosello”, in Anna Laura Lepschy, John F. Took, Dennis E. Rhodes, editors, Book Production and Letters...