Format:
Online Ressource (xix, 400 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780511039751
,
0511053789
,
9780511053788
,
9780521573177
,
0521573173
,
0511039751
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in linguistics 101
Content:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Social and linguistic setting of alliterative verse in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval England; 2 Linguistic structures in English alliterative verse; 3 Segmental histories: velar palatalization; 4 Syllable structure; 5 ONSET and cluster alliteration in Old English: the case of sp-, st-, sk-; 6 ONSET and cluster alliteration in Middle English; 7 Verse evidence for cluster simplification in Middle English; References; Index of names; Subject index
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-388) and index. - Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0511053789
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511053788
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521573177
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521573173
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521573173
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Minkova, Donka, 1944- Alliteration and sound change in early English Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Altenglisch
;
Mittelenglisch
;
Phonologie
;
Lautwandel
;
Alliteration
;
Altenglisch
;
Mittelenglisch
;
Phonologie
;
Lautwandel
;
Alliteration
;
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Author information:
Minkova, Donka 1944-
