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Lexical phonology and the history of English
- Title
- Lexical phonology and the history of English / April McMahon.
- Author
- McMahon, April M. S.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 309 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This book has two main goals: the re-establishment of a rule-based phonology as a viable alternative to current non-derivational models, and the rehabilitation of historical evidence as a focus of phonological theory. Although Lexical Phonology includes several constraints, such as the Derived Environment Condition and Structure Preservation, intended to reduce abstractness, previous versions have not typically exploited these fully. The model of Lexical Phonology presented here imposes the Derived Environment Condition strictly; introduces a new constraint on the shape of underlying representations; excludes underspecification; and suggests an integration of Lexical Phonology with Articulatory Phonology. Together, these innovations ensure a substantially more concrete phonology."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 91
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 91.
- Subject
- English language > Phonology, Historical
- English language > History
- Lexical phonology
- English language > Phonology
- 18.04 English language
- English language > Phonology
- English language
- English language > Phonology, Historical
- Lexical phonology
- Dialektologie
- Englisch
- Lexikalische Phonologie
- Sprachvariante
- Sprachwandel
- Engels
- Diachronische fonologie
- Lexicale fonologie
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-301) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The role of history -- 2. Constraining the model: current controversies in Lexical Phonology -- 3. Applying the constraints: the Modern English Vowel Shift Rule -- 4. Synchrony, diachrony and Lexical Phonology: the Scottish Vowel Length Rule -- 5. Dialect differentiation in Lexical Phonology: the unwelcome effects of underspecification -- 6. English /r.
- ISBN
- 0521472806
- 9780521472807
- LCCN
- 99028845
- OCLC
- ocm41224059
- 41224059
- SCSB-1127916
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library