hw- > w- in English

[Theo Vennemann]

Dear Fellow Linguists:
 
A succinct treatment of the development hw- > w- in English, with
many refernces, is A. Lutz, Phonotaktisch gesteuerte Konsonanten-
veraenderungen in der Geschichte des Englischen, Tuebingen: Max
Niemeyer, 1991, pp. 45-56, with hj- > j- pp. 57-59, h- > zero before
vowels pp. 59-67. This is in a chapter on the loss of English h in all
positions, pp. 19-73.
 
Mit freundlichen Gruessen,
Theo Vennemann.