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Alliteration and Sound Change in Early English (Paperback, New ed)
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Alliteration and Sound Change in Early English (Paperback, New ed)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
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This study uses evidence from early English verse to reconstruct
the course of some central phonological changes in the history of
the language. It builds on the premise that alliteration reflects
faithfully the acoustic identity and similarity of stressed
syllable onsets. Individual chapters cover the history of the
velars, the structure and history of vowel-initial syllable onsets,
the behavior of onset clusters, and the chronology and motivation
of cluster reduction (gn-, kn-, hr-, hl-, hn-, hw-, wr-, wl-).
Examination of the patterns of group alliteration in Old and Middle
English reveals a hierarchy of cluster-internal cohesiveness which
leads to new conclusions regarding the causes for the special
treatment of sp-, st-, sk- in alliteration. The analysis draws on
current phonetically-based Optimality-Theoretic models. The book
presents valuable new information about the medieval poetic canon
and elucidates the relationship between orality and literacy in the
evolution of English verse.
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