Sound Change and the History of English
Author:   Jeremy Smith (, University of Glasgow)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199291953


Pages:   214
Publication Date:   14 June 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jeremy Smith (, University of Glasgow)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.489kg
ISBN:  

9780199291953


ISBN 10:   0199291950
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   14 June 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Notations and Conventions 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 1 The Principal Sound-Changes From Proto-Germanic to Early Modern English Appendix 2 Middle English Open Syllable Lengthening of I, U Suggestions for Further Reading References Thematic Index

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


lucid and unfailingly accurate...this authoritative and accessible book should become a major resource for those interested in language. R. B. Shuman, Choice


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

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