Notes on the Development of the Principal Sounds of Indo-European through Proto-Germanic and West Germanic in Old English / M.H. Scargill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scargill, M.H., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Phonology.

English language.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (43 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

THIS book is intended for the beginning student in Germanic Philology and, in particular, for students of Old English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE POSITION OF OLD ENGLISH IN THE INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY OF LANGUAGES

REPRESENTATIVE OLD ENGLISH TEXTS AND DIALECTS

ABBREVIATIONS

I. The development of the Indo-European vowels, diphthongs, and vocalic liquids and nasals in Proto-Germanic

II. The development of the Proto-Germanic vowels and diphthongs in West Germanic

III. The development of West Germanic vowels and diphthongs in Anglo-Frisian and in Old English in accented syllables before the eighth century

IV. The development of vowels in accented syllables in Old English before the eleventh century

V. The vowels in unaccented syllables

VI. The development of Indo-European consonants in Proto-Germanic

VII. The development of the Proto-Germanic consonants in West Germanic

VIII. The development of the West Germanic consonants in Old English

Notes:

"Reprinted 2018"-- Title page verso.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8355-9

OCLC:

1129179152