Alliteration and sound change in early English /
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 redu...
| Основен автор: | Minkova, Donka, 1944- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Серия: |
Cambridge studies in linguistics ;
101. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=112395 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Alliteration and sound change in early English. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xix, 400 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-388) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0511039751 9780511039751 0511053789 9780511053788 9780521573177 0521573173 |