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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Main Author: Javier Enrique Díaz Vera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Zaragoza 2008-12-01
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