30.2856, Books: Long-Vowel Shifts in English, c.1050–1700: Stenbrenden

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Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:11:25
From: Lucy Ridgway [lridgway at cambridge.org]
Subject: Long-Vowel Shifts in English, c.1050–1700: Stenbrenden

 


Title: Long-Vowel Shifts in English, c.1050–1700 
Subtitle: Evidence from Spelling 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/history-english-language/long-vowel-shifts-english-c10501700-evidence-spelling?format=PB 


Author: Gjertrud Flermoen Stenbrenden

Paperback: ISBN:  9781107677517 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 31.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781107677517 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 23.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781107677517 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 28.00


Abstract:

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.
   
   
1. Introduction; 2. The development of OE ā; 3. The development of OE ǣ; 4.
The development of OE ē and ēo; 5. The development of ME ī; 6. The development
of OE ō; 7. The development of ME ū; 8. The development of OE ȳ; 9. Summary
and conclusions.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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