Gjertrud Flermoen Stenbrenden

Long-Vowel Shifts in English, c.1050-1700 (eBook, ePUB)

Evidence from Spelling

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316494349
• Artikelnr.: 52967079

Autorenporträt

Gjertrud Flermoen Stenbrenden is Associate Professor of English Language at Universitetet i Oslo.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction; 2. The development of OE
; 3. The development of OE
; 4. The development of OE
and
o; 5. The development of ME
; 6. The development of OE
; 7. The development of ME
; 8. The development of OE
; 9. Summary and conclusions.