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100 1  Kaźmierski, Kamil.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       no2015064701 
245 10 Vowel-Shifting in the English Language :|ban Evolutionary 
       Account. 
264  1 Berlin/Boston :|bDe Gruyter,|c2015. 
300    1 online resource (234 pages). 
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490 1  Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ;|vv. 88 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  1 Introduction; 1.1 Research question; 1.2 Theoretical 
       framework; 1.3 General hypothesis; 1.4 Assumptions in need
       of verification and specific hypotheses; 1.5 Goals; 2 
       Informal outline; 3 Data and previous accounts; 3.1 An 
       overview of vowel chain shifts in English; 3.1.1 The Great
       Vowel Shift; 3.1.2 The Short Vowel Shift; 3.1.3 
       Contemporary vowel shifts; 3.2 Study 1: English has become
       a vowel shifting language; 3.2.1 Charting vocalic changes;
       3.2.2 Analysis; 3.3 The co-evolution of rhythm and vowels;
       3.3.1 The reduction and loss of unstressed vowels. 
505 8  3.3.2 Rhythm-based typology: on stress-timing and 
       syllabletiming3.3.3 Typological perspective on vowel 
       shifting; 3.3.4 A unified perspective; 3.4 Previous 
       approaches to sound change (and vowel shifting); 3.4.1 The
       Neogrammarians; 3.4.2 The structuralist/functionalist 
       approach; 3.4.3 Generative phonology; 3.4.4 Exemplar-based
       phonology; 3.4.5 Summary; 4 Theoretical framework; 4.1 
       Evolutionary linguistics; 4.2 Optimality Theory; 4.2.1 
       Introduction; 4.2.2 The architecture of Optimality Theory;
       4.2.3 Language change in Optimality Theory. 
505 8  4.3 Formalizing evolutionary linguistics in Optimality 
       Theory4.3.1 Some modifications to mainstream Optimality 
       Theory stemming from its combination with evolutionary 
       linguistics; 4.3.2 Further advantages to Optimality 
       Theory; 5 The full account; 5.1 Old English; 5.1.1 Stress 
       assignment in Old English; 5.1.2 Fixed lexical stress as a
       factor enhancing the stress-timing of English through 
       enabling the entrenchment of segmental effects of stress; 
       5.1.3 Fixed lexical stress as a factor undermining the 
       stress-timing of English though causing stress clashes; 
       5.2 Middle English. 
505 8  5.2.1 Stress assignment in Middle Engslih grammatical 
       stress5.2.2 Avoidance of stress clashes and lapses; 5.2.3 
       Stress assignment in Middle English lexical stress; 5.2.4 
       Summary; 5.3 Early Modern English; 5.3.1 The replacement 
       of length with tenseness; 5.3.2 The setting off of the 
       Great Vowel Shift; 5.4 Present-day English; 5.4.1 The 
       changing roles of vowel duration and vowel quality for the
       expression of phonological contrasts; 5.4.2 Study 2a: 
       Quality is the main expression of vocalic contrasts in 
       Present-day English. 
505 8  5.4.3 Study 2b: Qualitative variation is not predictable 
       from durational variation in Present-day English5.4.4 A 
       brief cross-varietal comparison; 5.5 Summary; 6 Concluding
       remarks; 6.1 Summary; 6.2 Taking stock of a few general 
       insights; 6.3 Some open questions; Appendix 1: Comparison 
       to other languages; 7.1 Romance; 7.2 Icelandic; Appendix 2
       : Chart of vocalic changes; Appendix 3: Materials used for
       recordings; References; Index. 
588 0  Print version record. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
       Collection - North America 
650  0 English language|xVowels.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85043766 
650  0 English language|xPhonology, Historical.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043644 
650  7 English language|xVowels.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/911946 
650  7 English language|xPhonology, Historical.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/911522 
655  4 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aKazmierski, Kamil.|tVowel-Shifting in 
       the English Language : An Evolutionary Account.|dBerlin/
       Boston : De Gruyter, ©2015|z9783110369502 
830  0 Topics in English Linguistics TiEL. 
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