A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles: Volume 1, Sounds and Spellings

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ISBN: 9780415402491 | 0415402492
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Copyright: 12/5/2006

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Introduction	p. 1
Sound and Spelling
Purpose of this Volume
Sources
Criticism
Ellis and his followers
Plan
Sound-laws and Analogy
The Basis. Consonants	p. 19
b, p
d, t
g, k
m, n, [eta]
w, hw, v, f
[sigma], [th]
z, s, [Characters not reproducible], [Characters not reproducible]
l, r
j, c, x, h
The Basis. Vowels and Diphthongs	p. 62
i
e
a
u
o
Diphthongs. [Characters not reproducible]i, [Characters not reproducible]u, [Characters not reproducible]u
oi
iu, eu, eau
au
The Basis. Quantity	p. 111
Principles
Lengthenings
Shortenings
Influences of Stress
Romance Words
Consonant quantity
Spelling
Stress	p. 150
Principles
Value
Unity
Rhythm
Romance Disyllabics
Romance Trisyllabics, etc
Distinctive Stress
Recent Loans
Word-families
The Earliest Changes	p. 186
Loss of weak e
er > ar
Voicing of Consonants in English
Early Changes in Consonant-Groups	p. 208
ln
d, t and d, p
Loss of w
Loss of final n
Loss of final Stops after Nasals
d, t added
Simplification of Groups
Haplology
Foreign Words
The Great Vowel-Shift	p. 231
Where begun?
Diphthongizing of [Characters not reproducible]
Raising of [Characters not reproducible]
[Characters not reproducible], 8.5 [Characters not reproducible]
Short vowels
Unstressed Vowels	p. 248
Principles
Front Vowels
Back Vowels
Diphthongs
Unobscured Vowels
Loss of Vowels; Syllabic n
Syllabic l
Syllabic r
Adjoining Vowels
Syncope and Aphesis
Loss of Consonants and Rise of ([Characters not reproducible])	p. 284
c
X
u before l
l lost and added
The new [Characters not reproducible]
Explanation
The new [Characters not reproducible]
Explanation
wa > W[Characters not reproducible]
Seventeenth-Century Vowel-Changes	p. 318
Vowels before r
Prothetic w and j
[Characters not reproducible]
Slow Diphthongs
ai for oi
u > a
The lesser raising
Seventeenth-Century Consonant-Changes	p. 340
t > r
Assibilation, sj > [Characters not reproducible]
zj > [Characters not reproducible]
tj > t[Characters not reproducible]
dj < d[Characters not reproducible]
tj, gj, pw, bw
kn, gn, kl, gl
wr > r
Eighteenth-Century Changes	p. 355
[eta] and n
r and vowels before r
wh > w
Loss of h
ju > u
v and w
[epsilon], [th] > v, f
Present English Sounds. Consonants	p. 387
Principles
b, p
d, t
g, k
m, n, q
w, hw, v, f
[epsilon], [th]
z, s, [Characters not reproducible]
l, r
j, h, glottal stop
Present English Sounds. Vowels	p. 414
i
e, [epsilon]
ae
[Characters not reproducible]
[Delta], a
u
o
[Characters not reproducible]
ai, au, oi
Conclusion	p. 440
Sound System
Distinctive Sounds
Quantity
Syllable Construction
Stress, Tone
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