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English phonology and phonological theory : synchronic and diachronic studies

Roger Lass

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Preface Part I. Vowel Contrasts and their Deployment in English: 'Length' and 'System': 1. On the 'two kinds of vowels' in English 2. Rules, metarules, and the shape of the Great Vowel Shift 3. The Great Vowel Shift and its aftermath in the North Midlands Part II. Expanding the Database: The Yield of Comparative Method: 4. What kind of vowel was Middle English /a/ and what really happened to it? 5. Middle English /c/ in New York City English Part III. Issues in General theory: Features, Rules and Classes: 6. On the phonological characterization of [?] and [h] 7. Complementary modes of description in phonology Epilogue.

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Preface Part I. Vowel Contrasts and their Deployment in English: 'Length' and 'System': 1. On the 'two kinds of vowels' in English 2. Rules, metarules, and the shape of the Great Vowel Shift 3. The Great Vowel Shift and its aftermath in the North Midlands Part II. Expanding the Database: The Yield of Comparative Method: 4. What kind of vowel was Middle English /a/ and what really happened to it? 5. Middle English /c/ in New York City English Part III. Issues in General theory: Features, Rules and Classes: 6. On the phonological characterization of [?] and [h] 7. Complementary modes of description in phonology Epilogue.

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Preface Part I. Vowel Contrasts and their Deployment in English: 'Length' and 'System': 1. On the 'two kinds of vowels' in English 2. Rules, metarules, and the shape of the Great Vowel Shift 3. The Great Vowel Shift and its aftermath in the North Midlands Part II. Expanding the Database: The Yield of Comparative Method: 4. What kind of vowel was Middle English /a/ and what really happened to it? 5. Middle English /c/ in New York City English Part III. Issues in General theory: Features, Rules and Classes: 6. On the phonological characterization of [?] and [h] 7. Complementary modes of description in phonology Epilogue.

Key concepts: Phonology, Vowel, Linguistics, Vowel length, Optimality theory, Middle English, Mid vowel, Phonological rule

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