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Author Stenbrenden, Gjertrud Flermoen, author.

Title Long-vowel shifts in English, c. 1050-1700 : evidence from spelling / Gjertrud Flermoen Stenbrenden.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Studies in English Language
Studies in English language.
Note Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Feb 2016).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary The English language has undergone many sound changes in its long history. Some of these changes had a profound effect on the pronunciation of the language. A number of these significant instances of language evolution are generally grouped together and termed the 'Great Vowel Shift'. These changes are generally considered to be unrelated to other, similar long-vowel changes taking place a little earlier. This book assesses an extensive range of irregular Middle English spellings for all these changes, with a view to identifying the real course of events: the dates, the chronology, and the dialects that stand out as being innovative. Using empirical evidence to offer a fresh perspective and drawing new, convincing conclusions, Stenbrenden offers an interpretation of the history of the English language which may change our view of sound change completely.
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The development of OE ā -- 3. The development of OE æ -- 4. The development of OE ē and ēo -- 5. The development of ME ī -- 6. The development of OE ō -- 7. The development of ME ū -- 8. The development of OE ȳ -- 9. Summary and conclusions.
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Subject English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Vowels.
English language -- Middle English -- Vowels.
English language -- Middle English.
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Orthography and spelling.
English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Vowels.
English language -- Old English -- Vowels.
English language -- Old English.
English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Orthography and spelling.
English language -- Pronunciation -- History.
English language -- Pronunciation.
History.
English language -- Phonology, Historical.
English language -- Phonology, Historical.
English language -- Grammar, Generative.
English language -- Grammar, Generative.
Linguistic change -- History.
Linguistic change.
Chronological Term 450-1500
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Stenbrenden, Gjertrud Flermoen. Long-vowel shifts in English, c. 1050-1700 9781107055759 (DLC) 2015028161 (OCoLC)920680435
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