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Alliteration and Sound Change in Early English

Donka Minkova 2003 ;ISBN: 0521032245 ;ISBN: 9780521573177 ;ISBN: 0521573173 ;ISBN: 9780521032247 ;EISBN: 0511486960 ;EISBN: 9780511486968 ;EISBN: 051115819X ;EISBN: 9780511158193 ;EISBN: 1107113555 ;EISBN: 9781107113558 ;DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511486968 ;OCLC: 56218174

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  • Title:
    Alliteration and Sound Change in Early English
  • Author: Minkova, Donka
  • Subjects: Alliteration ; English language ; Middle English, 1100-1500 ; Phonology
  • Description: This 2003 study uses evidence from early English verse to reconstruct the course of some central phonological changes in the history of the language. It builds on the premise that alliteration reflects faithfully the acoustic identity and similarity of stressed syllable onsets. Individual chapters cover the history of the velars, the structure and history of vowel-initial syllable onsets, the behaviour of onset clusters, and the chronology and motivation of cluster reduction (gn-, kn-, hr-, hl-, hn-, hw-, wr-, wl-). Examination of the patterns of group alliteration in Old and Middle English reveals a hierarchy of cluster-internal cohesiveness which leads to new conclusions regarding the causes for the special treatment of sp-, st-, sk- in alliteration. The analysis draws on phonetically based Optimality-Theoretic models. The book presents valuable information about the medieval poetic canon and elucidates the relationship between orality and literacy in the evolution of English verse.
  • Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  • Creation Date: 2003
  • Format: 422
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0521032245
    ISBN: 9780521573177
    ISBN: 0521573173
    ISBN: 9780521032247
    EISBN: 0511486960
    EISBN: 9780511486968
    EISBN: 051115819X
    EISBN: 9780511158193
    EISBN: 1107113555
    EISBN: 9781107113558
    DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511486968
    OCLC: 56218174
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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