Sound Change and the History of English
Author:   Jeremy Smith (, University of Glasgow)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199563319


Pages:   214
Publication Date:   04 June 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Sound Change and the History of English


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Author:   Jeremy Smith (, University of Glasgow)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.355kg
ISBN:  

9780199563319


ISBN 10:   0199563314
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   04 June 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: On Explaining Sound Change 2: On Evidence 3: Phonological Approaches and Processes 4: From Pre-English to Old English 5: From Old to Middle English 6: From Middle to Early Modern English 7: On the Historiography of Sound Change Appendix Suggestions for Further Reading References Index

Reviews

`lucid and unfailingly accurate...this authoritative and accessible book should become a major resource for those interested in language.' R. B. Shuman, Choice `The book is fun to read... stimulating and challenging, surely a fine addition to the excellent literature on English sound change. ' English Language and Linguistics


...stimulating and challenging, surely a fine addition to the excellent literature on English sound change. Robert P. Stockwell English Language and Linguistics


Author Information

Jeremy Smith is Professor of English Philology in the University of Glasgow. His publications include Essentials of Early English (second edition, 2005), An Introduction to Middle English (with Simon Horobin, 2002), and An Historical Study of English (1996). He is a contributor to The Oxford History of English edited by Lynda Mugglestone (2006).

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