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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Harold OrtonPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: 22 Weight: 0.612kg ISBN: 9781138917934ISBN 10: 1138917931 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 25 June 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface; Abbreviations; List of phonetic symbols used in this book; Introduction; Part 1; 1. Descriptive account of the sounds of the present-day dialect 2. The development of Middle English sounds in the living dialect – vowels of stressed syllables 3. The development of Middle English sounds in the living dialect – vowels of unstressed syllables 4. Consonantal sounds – changes from the Old and Middle English periods down to the present day 5. Tabular summary of the Old English, Middle English, Scandinavian, and Old French equivalents of the stressed vowels in the living dialect; Appendix: specimens of the present-day dialect; Part 2; 6. The history of the stressed vowel-sounds in the Northern English dialects during the modern period; Word-list; Bibliography; Index of subjectsReviewsAuthor InformationMultivolume collection by leading authors in the field Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |