Vowel-shifting in the English language : an evolutionary account / / Kamil Kaźmierski

• Autore: Kazmierski Kamil
• Pubblicazione: Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 427.009
• Soggetto topico: English language - Vowels - History
• Soggetto non controllato: English Phonology; Evolutionary Linguistics; Typology; Vowel Shifts
• Classificazione: 830.2
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: English 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Vowel-shifting in the English language
• ISBN: 3-11-036609-6; 3-11-039434-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816945703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Topics in English linguistics ; ; 88.