A Historical Phonology of English
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.
- Key Features
- 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
1. Periods in the History of English
2. The Phonetic and Phonological Foundations of Sound Change
3. Some Pre-Old English Changes
4. Consonants: the OE system
5. Consonants: from OE to PDE
6. The Vowels of OE
7. Transition
8. Vowel Quality and Quantity in EModE and Later
9. Focus on Prosody: the Evolution of the English Stress System
10. The Linguistic History of English Verse Forms.
2. The Phonetic and Phonological Foundations of Sound Change
3. Some Pre-Old English Changes
4. Consonants: the OE system
5. Consonants: from OE to PDE
6. The Vowels of OE
7. Transition
8. Vowel Quality and Quantity in EModE and Later
9. Focus on Prosody: the Evolution of the English Stress System
10. The Linguistic History of English Verse Forms.
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