Sound Change and the History of English
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This book addresses the question: 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. Drawing on the latest research in linguistics and history he shows how insights in one field illuminate the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199563314
ISBN13:9780199563319
Release Date:July 2009
Publisher:OUP Oxford
Length:214 Pages
Weight:0.67 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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