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Alliteration and sound change in early English /

This study uses evidence from early English verse to reconstruct the course of some central phonological changes in the history of the language. Examination of the behaviour of onset clusters sheds new light on the special treatment of sp-, st-, sk-, and the chronology and motivation of cluster redu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Minkova, Donka, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Colección:Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 101.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This study uses evidence from early English verse to reconstruct the course of some central phonological changes in the history of the language. Examination of the behaviour of onset clusters sheds new light on the special treatment of sp-, st-, sk-, and the chronology and motivation of cluster reduction.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 400 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-388) and index.
ISBN:0511039751
9780511039751
0511053789
9780511053788
9780521573177
0521573173