A Historical Phonology of English.
- Author / Editor
- Minkova, Donka.
A Historical Phonology of English.
- Published
- Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 424 pp.
- Series
- Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language--Advanced.
- Description
- A textbook history of the "phonological structure" of English, i.e., "the history of individual sounds and their representation, the history of syllable structure and word stress." The comprehensive Subject Index lists numerous references to Chaucer and the examples he provides for describing the "evolution of the English stress system" (largely through adaptation of foreign words) and the development of English verse forms. The volume is accompanied by an online Companion that offers "additional readings, exercises, comments, and further resources."
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
Style and Versification