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Sound Change and the History of English.

Why do sound changes happen when and where they do? Jeremy Smith discusses the origins of a series of sound changes in English. He relates his arguments to larger questions about the nature of explanation in history and historical linguistics, and examines the interplay between sound change and soci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Jeremy
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series:Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:
English language > Phonology, Historical.
English language > History.
English language
English language > Phonology, Historical
Humaniora > Sprog.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Why do sound changes happen when and where they do? Jeremy Smith discusses the origins of a series of sound changes in English. He relates his arguments to larger questions about the nature of explanation in history and historical linguistics, and examines the interplay between sound change and social change.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0199291950
9780199291953