| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 400 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 101
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Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 101.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-388) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Social and linguistic setting of alliterative verse in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval England; 2 Linguistic structures in English alliterative verse; 3 Segmental histories: velar palatalization; 4 Syllable structure; 5 ONSET and cluster alliteration in Old English: the case of sp-, st-, sk-; 6 ONSET and cluster alliteration in Middle English; 7 Verse evidence for cluster simplification in Middle English; References; Index of names; Subject index. |
| Summary |
This study uses evidence from early English verse to reconstruct the course of some central phonological changes in the history of the language. Examination of the behaviour of onset clusters sheds new light on the special treatment of sp-, st-, sk-, and the chronology and motivation of cluster reduction. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Phonology.
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English language -- Middle English -- Phonology. |
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English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Versification.
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English language -- Middle English -- Versification. |
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English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Versification.
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English language -- Old English -- Versification. |
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English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Phonology.
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English language -- Old English -- Phonology. |
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English language -- Phonology, Historical.
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English language -- Phonology, Historical. |
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Alliteration.
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Alliteration. |
| Indexed Term |
Sprog Engelsk sprog. |
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Electronic books.
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Online-Publikation.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Minkova, Donka, 1944- Alliteration and sound change in early English. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521573173 (DLC) 2002067213 (OCoLC)49558722 |
| ISBN |
0511039751 (electronic book) |
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9780511039751 (electronic book) |
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0511053789 |
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9780511053788 |
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9780521573177 (hardback) |
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0521573173 (hardback) |
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