'Downs and Ups' of Short [e] before Nonprevocalic [r], or Late Middle English e-Lowering
- Author / Editor
- Welna, Jerzy.
'Downs and Ups' of Short [e] before Nonprevocalic [r], or Late Middle English e-Lowering
- Published
- SAP 34: 55-72, 1999.
- Description
- Studies late Middle English lowering of short a to e in syllables that end in -r (e.g., fer > far). Several examples from Chaucer.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.