Long-Vowel Shifts in English, C.1050-1700 - Evidence From Spelling

This thorough analysis of documented Middle English spelling establishes when and where long-vowel change took place.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The development of OE ¿; 3. The development of OE ¿; 4. The development of OE ¿ and ¿o; 5. The development of ME ¿; 6. The development of OE ¿; 7. The development of ME ¿; 8. The development of OE ¿; 9. Summary and conclusions.

About the author

Gjertrud Flermoen Stenbrenden is Associate Professor of English Language at Universitetet i Oslo.

Summary

Why does English pronunciation differ from other related languages? This book addresses this and other questions by analysing a high number of innovative Middle English spellings. Stenbrenden explores the changes in long-vowel pronunciation, using empirical data to date, localise and interpret the beginning of these changes.

Product details

• Authors: Gjertrud Flermoen Stenbrenden, Gjertrud Flermoen (Universitetet I Os Stenbrenden, Gjertrud Flermoen (Universitetet i Oslo) Stenbrenden, STENBRENDEN GJERTRU, Stenbrenden Gjertrud Flermoen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9781107055759
• ISBN: 978-1-107-05575-9
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Studies in English Language; Studies in English Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; English, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Phonetics, phonology, Historical & comparative linguistics, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Historical and comparative linguistics