How the Phoneme Inventory Changes its Shape: A Cognitive Approach to Phonological Evolution and Change
In this paper I propose an interpretation of a series of phonological changes in the history of English (including Old English Breaking and the early Modern English Great Vowel Shift) from a cognitive phonology perspective. My analysis is based on Nathan (1886, 1995, 1996), who applies prototype th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidad de Zaragoza
2008-12-01
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Series: | Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies |
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Online Access: | https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/9704 |