Phonological weakness in English : from old to present-day English
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Phonological weakness in English : from old to present-day English
（Palgrave studies in language history and language change）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
A uniquely focused collection addressing the identification, functional properties, and broader consequences of phonological weakness over a broad chronological range, from Old to Present-Day English and its varieties, enriching the phonological literature with fresh empirical findings from a variety of sources.
Table of Contents
- Notes on Contributors Introduction: D.Minkova PART I: PHONETIC AND PHONOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF WEAKNESS Treatments of Weakness in Phonological Theory
- K.R.Zuraw Testing Consonant Weakness Phonetically
- L.Lavoie PART II: DIAGNOSING AND INTERPRETING ENGLISH SCHWA(S) On Schwa: Synchronic Prelude and Historical Fugue
- R.Lass The Phonetics of Schwa Vowels
- E.Flemming PART III: HISTORICAL AND DIALECTAL CASE STUDIES Perspectives on Weakness From English /r/
- A.McMahon Weak Segments in Irish English
- R.Hickey Word-Initial h- in Middle and Early Modern English
- P.Crisma Consonant or 'Vowel'? A Diachronic Study of Initial h From Early Middle English to Nineteenth-Century English
- J.Schluter PART IV: PROSODIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF WEAKNESS Weak Segments and Syllable Structure in Middle English
- J.Schluter Orthographic Indications of Weakness in Early Middle English
- M.Laing Inflectional Syncope vs Epenthesis: Notes on the History of the Weak Preterite in English
- D.Minkova Index
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