02688nam 2200613 450 991046061170332120210429032528.03-11-036609-63-11-039434-010.1515/9783110366099(CKB)3710000000393004(EBL)2028771(SSID)ssj0001574066(PQKBManifestationID)16228211(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001574066(PQKBWorkID)14841539(PQKB)11365509(DE-B1597)428318(OCoLC)908074327(DE-B1597)9783110366099(MiAaPQ)EBC2028771(Au-PeEL)EBL2028771(CaPaEBR)ebr11049502(CaONFJC)MIL807769(EXLCZ)99371000000039300420150501h20152015 uy| 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrVowel-shifting in the English language an evolutionary account /Kamil KaźmierskiBerlin :De Gruyter Mouton,[2015]©20151 online resource (234 p.)Topics in English Linguistics,1434-3452 ;volume 88Description based upon print version of record.3-11-036950-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Acknowledgements --Contents --Abbreviations and Symbols --1. Introduction --2. Informal outline --3. Data and previous accounts --4. Theoretical framework --5. The full account --6. Concluding remarks --Appendix 1: Comparison to other languages --Appendix 2: Chart of vocalic changes --Appendix 3: Materials used for recordings --References --IndexEnglish has long been suspected to be a vowel-shifting language. This hypothesis, often only adumbrated in previous work, is closely investigated in this book. Framed within a novel framework combining evolutionary linguistics and Optimality Theory, the account proposed here argues that the replacement of duration by quality as the primary cue to signaling vowel oppositions has resulted in the ‘shiftiness’ of many post-medieval English varieties.Topics in English linguistics ;88.English languageVowelsHistoryElectronic books.English languageVowelsHistory.427.009Kazmierski Kamil1055885MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460611703321Vowel-shifting in the English language2489672UNINA