History of English Sounds From the Earliest Period - With Full Word-Lists

Henry Sweet's work on the sounds of English was first published in 1874, and in this revised version in 1888.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Phonetics; 2. Sound-change; 3. Origin of speech-sounds; 4. Origin of dialects; 5. Sound representation; 6. Arian sounds; 7. Germanic sounds; 8. Runes; 9. Old-English sounds; 10. Scandinavian sounds; 11. Middle English sounds; 12. Modern English sounds; 13. Living English sounds; First word-list; Second word-list; Index to first word-list; Tables; Contractions.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Sweet, Sweet Henry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.08.2014
• EAN: 9781108075602
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07560-2
• No. of pages: 430
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Historical & comparative linguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics