Sound change and the history of English

Why do sound changes happen when and where they do? Jeremy Smith discusses the origins of a series of sound changes in English. He relates his arguments to larger questions about the nature of explanation in history and historical linguistics, and examines the interplay between sound change and soci...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Smith, J. J.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.
Zusammenfassung:
Why do sound changes happen when and where they do? Jeremy Smith discusses the origins of a series of sound changes in English. He relates his arguments to larger questions about the nature of explanation in history and historical linguistics, and examines the interplay between sound change and social change.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xvi, 196 p.) : ill.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780191710568 (ebook) :
Schlagworte:
English language > Phonology, Historical.
English language > History.
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