Sound Change:

Understanding sound change through contemporary theory and historical evidenceOffers broad linguistic coverage with examples from a wide range of world language families including Germanic, Romance, Mixtec, Tibetan, Hmong, Hebrew, Chinese, Kikuyu, Svan and MenomineeExplores sound change from structu...

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Main Author: Salmons, Joseph (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Series:Edinburgh Historical Linguistics : EHL
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Summary:Understanding sound change through contemporary theory and historical evidenceOffers broad linguistic coverage with examples from a wide range of world language families including Germanic, Romance, Mixtec, Tibetan, Hmong, Hebrew, Chinese, Kikuyu, Svan and MenomineeExplores sound change from structural, historical, sociolinguistic and acquisitional perspectivesTakes a data led approach with worked examples in each chapter Includes questions and suggestions for further study at the end of each chapterDownload 'Beyond This Book' from the Resources tab for extra ideas for seminar preparation or self-study Drawing examples from a range of world languages, this textbook introduces the ways in which speech sounds become different over time. It explores how we produce and hear particular sounds and how overall word shapes and the pronunciation of individual words change. The roles of phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, traditional formal models and recent exemplar-based work in sound change are all examined. In covering both structural and societal issues, the book integrates different kinds of historical evidence and different theories into a coherent understanding of the full process of sound change
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (256 pages) 100 B/W illustrations
ISBN:9781474461740
DOI:10.1515/9781474461740

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