Alliteration & Sound Change in

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series)

by Donka Minkova

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521032245

ISBN13:9780521032247

Release Date:November 2006

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:424 Pages

Weight:1.36 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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