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Zusatztext ...stimulating and challenging, surely a fine addition to the excellent literature on English sound change. Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext This book discusses the origins of a series of sound changes in English: it investigates their linguistic properties and social and cultural context to investigate why do sound changes happen when and where they do. Written with minimal use of jargon it will appeal to all serious students of English historical linguistics, from advanced undergraduates to researchers. Zusammenfassung This book discusses the origins of a series of sound changes in English: it investigates their linguistic properties and social and cultural context to investigate why do sound changes happen when and where they do. Written with minimal use of jargon it will appeal to all serious students of English historical linguistics, from advanced undergraduates to researchers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
