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1 online resource (xi, 220 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Topics in English linguistics ; 4
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Topics in English linguistics ; 4.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-216) and index. |
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""Preface""; ""Chapter 1. Schwa in the history of English""; ""1.1. Problems involved in the present study""; ""1.2. Forces at play in schwa loss""; ""1.3. Remarks on method""; ""1.4. Analytical procedures""; ""Chapter 2. More background: Accounts of schwa loss""; ""2.1. Choice of sources""; ""2.2. Lorenz Morsbach (1896): Mittelenglische Grammatik""; ""2.3. Karl Luick (1921�1940): Historische Grammatik der englischen Sprache""; ""2.4. Richard Jordan: (1934/1968) Handbuch der mittelenglischen Grammatik"" |
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""2.5. Wilhelm Horn/Martin Lehnert (1954): Laut und Leben. Englische Lautgeschichte der neueren Zeit (1400â€?1950)""""2.6. Karl Brunner (1962): Die englische Sprache, ihre geschichtliche Entwicklung. Vols. I, II""; ""2.7. Joseph Wright and E.M. Wright (1923): An Elementary Middle English Grammar""; ""2.8. Fernand Mossé (1949): Manuel de lâ€?anglais du moyen ÃØge""; ""2.9. Jacek Fisiak (1970): A Short Grammar of Middle English""; ""2.10. Peter Erdmann (1972): Tiefenphonologische Lautgeschichte der englischen Vokale""; ""2.11. Summary""; ""Chapter 3. Textual evidence"" |
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""3.1. Principles and methods specific to the study of schwa loss in Middle English""""3.2. Types of evidence""; ""3.3. Graphically marked morpho-syntactic loss of -e""; ""3.4. Unetymological final -e""; ""3.5. Elision in hiatus""; ""3.6. Rhyme evidence""; ""3.7. Scribal errors, editorial corrections""; ""3.8. Graphically unmarked evidence""; ""Chapter 4. Phonological aspects of schwa loss""; ""4.1. The phonemic status of schwa in Middle English""; ""4.2. The Middle phonemic inventory""; ""4.3. Distribution""; ""4.4. Phonetic parameters. Distinctive features"" |
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""4.5. Phonological correlates of schwa loss""""4.6. Some consequences""; ""Chapter 5. Morphological aspects of schwa loss""; ""5.1. The morpho-syntactic functions of schwa""; ""5.2. The morphologization of schwa loss""; ""5.3. Classification and ranking of factors for schwa loss""; ""5.4. Syntactic correlates""; ""5.5. Extralinguistic factors""; ""5.6. Hierarchy of factors within individual word classes""; ""Chapter 6. Early schwa deletion as a prosodic phenomenon""; ""6.1. Early schwa loss data""; ""6.2. The shared properties of early schwa loss"" |
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""6.3. The rhythmic phrasing of early schwa deletion""""6.4. The Early Schwa Deletion Rule""; ""Chapter 7. Schwa preservation in Late Middle English as a prosodic phenomenon""; ""7.1. Final -e in weak adjectival inflexions""; ""7.2. The weak adjectives in Chaucer""; ""7.3. The weak adjectives in non-Chaucerian Late Middle English""; ""7.4. Accounts of adjectival schwa preservation""; ""7.5. The rhythmic nature of final -e""; ""7.6. The metrical structure of adjectival phrases""; ""7.7. The proposal reviewed: objections""; ""7.8. Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Vowels.
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English language -- Vowels. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Minkova, Donka, 1944- History of final vowels in English 0899257844 (DLC) 91028082 (OCoLC)24212273 |
| ISBN |
9783110889512 (electronic book) |
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311088951X (electronic book) |
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0899257844 |
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9780899257846 |
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3110127636 |
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9783110127638 |
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