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Informationen zum Autor Donka Minkova is Professor of English, UCLA Klappentext EDINBURGH TEXTBOOKS ON THE ENGLISH LANGAUGE - ADVANCED Series editor: Heinz Giegerich Books in this series provide readers with a detailed description and explanation of key areas of English Language study. The authors presuppose a basic working knowledge of the topic and explore aspects of the linguistics of English for an intermediate or advanced student readership. A Historical Phonology of English Donka Minkova A thorough and fascinating exploration of the evolution of English phonological structure, this book traces the history of individual sounds and their representation through Old, Middle, Early Modern and Present Day English. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book covers the sounds of English, consonantal histories, Middle English dialects, vowel quality and quantity in Early Modern English, the English stress system and Early English verse forms to demonstrate how the present form of the language is indebted to its past. Students will benefit from the book's: - Clear language and structure - Setting of linguistic findings into historical, literary and social contexts - Explanations of Modern English's phonological features in terms of its development. Donka Minkova is Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles. Cover design and illustration: riverdesign.co.uk [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com Zusammenfassung This book covers the historical development of the English phonological system from its earliest reconstructed and recorded forms to its most recent variations.
