The History of Final Vowels in English: The Sound of Muting

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 1991

The History of Final Vowels in English

Volume 4 in the series Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Chapter 1. Schwa in the history of English Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. More background: Accounts of schwa loss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 3. Textual evidence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 4. Phonological aspects of schwa loss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter 5. Morphological aspects of schwa loss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Chapter 6. Early schwa deletion as a prosodie phenomenon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Chapter 7. Schwa preservation in Late Middle English as a prosodie phenomenon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217

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