A historical phonology of English /

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A thorough and fascinating exploration of the evolution of English' phonological structure, this book traces the history of individual sounds and their representation through Old, Middle, Early Modern and Present Day English. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book covers the soun...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Minkova, Donka, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, 2014.
Colección:Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced.
Temas:
English language > Phonology, Historical.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Phonetics & Phonology.
English language > Phonology, Historical
Historische Phonologie
Englisch
Englisch.
Historische Phonologie.
History of English > Phonology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Periods in the history of English
  • The sounds of English
  • Discovering the earliest links: Indo-European-Germanic-Old English
  • Consonantal histories: Old English
  • Consonantal developments in the second millennium
  • The vowels in Old English: spelling, pronunciation, PDE alternations traced back to OE
  • The vowels in Middle English. Dialects. Spelling innovations. Vowel quality and quantity. PDE alternations traced back to ME
  • Vowel quality and quantity in Early Modern English and later
  • The evolution of the English stress system
  • Early English verse forms: from Cædmon to Chaucer.

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