The Oxford Handbook of Historical Phonology

The Oxford Handbook of Historical Phonology

 
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ISBN13:9780198814139
ISBN10:0198814135
Binding:Paperback
No. of pages:812 pages
Size:244x169x41 mm
Weight:1382 g
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
Part I Introduction and Context
Introduction: Key Questions for Historical Phonology
The Early History of Historical Phonology
Structuralist Historical Phonology: Systems in Segmental Change
Part II: Evidence and Methods in Historical Phonology
Phonological Reconstruction
Establishing Phonemic Contrast in Written Sources
Interpreting Diffuse Orthographies and Orthographic Change
Interpreting Alphabetic Orthographies: Early Middle English Spelling
The Role of Typology in Historical Phonology
Computational and Quantitative Approaches to Historical Phonology
Simulation as an Investigative Tool in Historical Phonology
Using Corpora of Recorded Speech for Historical Phonology
Exploring Chain Shifts, Mergers, and Near-Mergers as Changes in Progress
Part III: Types of Phonological Change
Basic Types of Phonological Change
Analogy and Morphophonological Change
Change in Word Prosody: Stress and Quantity
Tonoexodus, Tonogenesis, and Tone Change
The Role of Prosodic Templates in Diachrony
Part IV: Fundamental Controversies in Phonological Change
First Language Acquisition and Phonological Change
How Diachronic is Synchronic Grammar? Crazy Rules, Regularity, and Naturalness
An I-Language Approach to Phonologization and Lexification
Lexical Diffusion in Historical Phonology
Amphichronic Explanation and the Life Cycle of Phonological Processes
Individuals, Innovation, and Change
The Role of Experimental Investigation in Understanding Sound Change
Part V: Theoretical Historical Phonology
Natural Phonology and Sound Change
Preference Laws in Phonological Change
Articulatory Processing and Frequency of Use in Sound Change
Evolutionary Phonology: A Holistic Approach to Sound Change Typology
Rule-based Generative Historical Phonology
Distinctive Features, Levels of Representation, and Historical Phonology
Historical Sound Change in Optimality Theory: Achievements and Challenges
Phonologization
Part VI: Sociolinguistic and Exogenous Factors in Historical Phonology
Variation, Transmission, Incrementation
Phonological Change in Real Time
Historical Phonology and Koinéization
Second Language Acquisition and Phonological Change
Loanword Adaptation
References
Indexes