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UNINA9910809893003321 |
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Minkova Donka <1944-> |
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Titolo |
The history of final vowels in English : the sound of muting / / Donka Minkova |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1991 |
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Edizione |
[Reprint 2012] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Collana |
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Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 4 |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Vowels |
English language - Phonology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-216) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Schwa in the history of English -- Chapter 2. More background: Accounts of schwa loss -- Chapter 3. Textual evidence -- Chapter 4. Phonological aspects of schwa loss -- Chapter 5. Morphological aspects of schwa loss -- Chapter 6. Early schwa deletion as a prosodie phenomenon -- Chapter 7. Schwa preservation in Late Middle English as a prosodie phenomenon -- Bibliography -- Index |
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