A uniquely focused collection addressing the identification, functional properties, and broader consequences of phonological weakness over a broad chronological range, from Old to Present-Day English and its varieties, enriching the phonological literature with fresh empirical findings from a variety of sources. INDICE: Notes on Contributors - Introduction: D.Minkova - PART I: PHONETICAND PHONOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF WEAKNESS - Treatments of Weakness in PhonologicalTheory; K.R.Zuraw - Testing Consonant Weakness Phonetically; L.Lavoie - PART II: DIAGNOSING AND INTERPRETING ENGLISH SCHWA(S) - On Schwa: Synchronic Prelude and Historical Fugue; R.Lass - The Phonetics of Schwa Vowels; E.Flemming - PART III: HISTORICAL AND DIALECTAL CASE STUDIES - Perspectives on Weakness FromEnglish /r/; A.McMahon - Weak Segments in Irish English; R.Hickey - Word-Initial h- in Middle and Early Modern English; P.Crisma - Consonant or 'Vowel'? A Diachronic Study of Initial b9hb: From Early Middle English to Nineteenth-Century English; J.Schlüter - PART IV: PROSODIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF WEAKNESS - Weak Segments and Syllable Structure in Middle English; J.Schlüter - Orthographic Indications of Weakness in Early Middle English; M.Laing - Inflectional Syncope vs Epenthesis: Notes on the History of the Weak Preterite in English; D.Minkova - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-52475-0
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 376
- Fecha Publicación: 18/12/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés