Lexical phonology and the history of English / April McMahon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMahon, April M. S., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 91.

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 91

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Phonology, Historical.

English language.

English language--History.

Lexical phonology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 309 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Lexical Phonology & the History of English

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book has two main goals: the re-establishment of a rule-based phonology as a viable alternative to current non-derivational models and the rehabilitation of historical evidence as a focus of phonological theory. Although Lexical Phonology includes several constraints such as the Derived Environment Condition and Structure Preservation, intended to reduce abstractness, previous versions have not typically exploited these fully. The model of Lexical Phonology presented here imposes the Derived Environment Condition strictly; introduces a new constraint on the shape of underlying representations; excludes underspecification; and suggests an integration of Lexical Phonology with Articulatory Phonology.

Contents:

1. The role of history

2. Constraining the model: current controversies in Lexical Phonology

3. Applying the constraints: the Modern English Vowel Shift Rule

4. Synchrony, diachrony and Lexical Phonology: the Scottish Vowel Length Rule

5. Dialect differentiation in Lexical Phonology: the unwelcome effects of underspecification

6. English /r.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-301) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11252-4

0-511-01002-8

1-280-41687-4

0-511-17237-0

0-511-15091-1

0-511-48643-X

0-511-31039-0

0-511-05305-3

OCLC:

49981043