The History of Final Vowels in English: The Sound of MutingThe future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics. |
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adjectival adverbs allomorph allophone alternating with Ø analogy analysis argument century Chapter Clitic Group cliticization consonant Dative defined diachronic dialects discussion disyllabic Early Middle English Early Modern English Early Schwa Deletion elision environments evidence examples factors final position final schwa final syllables formal distinctiveness forms function Germanic languages grammatical graphemes hiatus independent phonemic inflexional instances interpretation language change Late Old English Lehnert linguistic loss of final loss of schwa Luick marker metrical Middle English minimal pairs Minkova Modern English morpheme morphological Morsbach Mossé Neogrammarian neutralization nouns occurs Old English Ormulum paradigm pattern Peterborough Chronicle phonemic status phonological changes phrase plural possible prepositional preservation pronouns prosodic reference relation rhymes rhythmic schwa loss scribal short vowels singular spelling structure suffix syntactic trisyllabic unetymological unstressed syllables unstressed vowels verbs vowel reduction vowel system weak adjectives word classes word order zero