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 allophone analogy analysis argument assume century Chapter chronology cliticization consonant Dahl dative diachronic dialects discussion disyllabic Early Middle English elision environments examples factors final e's final position final schwa final syllables final unstressed formal distinctiveness forms function Germanic languages grammatical graphemes graphically marked hiatus history of English inflexional instances interpretation language change Late Old English Lehnert linguistic loss of final loss of schwa Luick marker metrical Middle English Midlands minimal pairs Minkova Modern English morpheme morphological Morsbach Mossé Neogrammarian neutralization nouns occurs Old English Ormulum paradigm pattern Peterborough Chronicle phonemic phonemic status phonological changes phrase plural poetic post-tonic prepositional preservation pronouns prosodic reference rhymes rhythmic root syllable rules schwa loss scribal short vowels singular sound change spelling spoken language structure suffix syllables syntactic trisyllabic unetymological unstressed syllables unstressed vowels verbs verse vowel reduction word classes