A Historical Phonology of English

Donka Minkova

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2013

A Historical Phonology of English

Donka Minkova

In the series Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748634699

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Charts the historical development of the English phonological system

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 sounds of English, consonantal histories, Middle English dialects, vowel quality and quantity in Early Modern English, the English stress system and Early English verse forms to demonstrate how the present form of the language is indebted to its past.

Places linguistic findings into historical, literary and social contexts
Explains Modern English’s phonological features in terms of its development
Please click on the following link to download the online companion to be used together with the book: Online Companion to A Historical Phonology of English

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Abbreviations and symbols Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
A note on the Companion to A Historical Phonology of English Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
1 Periods in the history of English Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 The sounds of English Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
3 Discovering the earliest links: Indo- European – Germanic – Old English Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
4 Consonantal histories: Old English Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
5 Consonantal developments in the second millennium Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
6 The vowels in Old English: spelling, pronunciation. PDE alternations traced back to OE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
7 The vowels in Middle English. Dialects. Spelling innovations. Vowel quality and quantity. PDE alternations traced back to ME Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
8 Vowel quality and quantity in Early Modern English and later Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
9 The evolution of the English stress system Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	284
10 Early English verse forms: from Cædmon to Chaucer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
Word Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	396
Name Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	412
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 440
Keywords: Language & Linguistics

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Published: December 10, 2013
ISBN: 9780748634699