Consonant Change in English Worldwide Synchrony meets Diachrony
Applying insights from variationist linguistics to historical change mechanisms that have affected the consonantal system of English, Daniel Schreier reports findings from a historical corpus-based study on the reduction of particular consonant clusters a
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Consonant Change in English Worldwide Synchrony meets Diachrony Daniel Schreier
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ISBN 978-1-349-54684-8 DOI 10.1057/9780230513327
ISBN 978-0-230-51332-7 (eBook)
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schreier, Daniel, 1971– Consonant change in English worldwide : synchrony meets diachrony / Daniel Schreier. p. cm. — (Palgrave studies in language history and language change) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-349-54684-8 1. English language—Consonants. 2. English language—Phonology, Historical. I. Title. II. Series. PE1159.S38 2005 421′.5—dc22 2005047240 10 14
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To Karrie without whom all is nothing
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Contents
List of Tables
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
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List of Abbreviations
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1 Introduction 1.1 Phonotactic lan
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