Recent Developments in Historical Phonology

Recent Developments in Historical Phonology
Author: Jacek Fisiak
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2011-07-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110810921

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

The Oxford Handbook of Historical Phonology

The Oxford Handbook of Historical Phonology
Author: Patrick Honeybone
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 817
Release: 2015
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199232814

This critical overview examines every aspect of the field including its history, key current research questions and methods, theoretical perspectives, and sociolinguistic factors. The authors represent leading proponents of every theoretical perspective. The book is a valuable resource for phonologists and a stimulating guide for their students.

Historical Phonology of English

Historical Phonology of English
Author: Donka Minkova
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2013-12-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0748677550

This book covers the historical development of the English phonological system from its earliest reconstructed and recorded forms to its most recent variations.

A Phonological History of Chinese

A Phonological History of Chinese
Author: Zhongwei Shen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2020-06-04
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1107135842

A one-stop, comprehensive account of the key developments in the phonological history of Chinese.

The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese

The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese
Author: Nathan W. Hill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2019-08-08
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1107146488

An original new perspective on the shared history of Burmese, Chinese, and Tibetan, with a particular focus on their phonological development.

Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology

Studies in British Celtic Historical Phonology
Author: Peter Schrijver
Publisher: Rodopi
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1995
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9789051838206

The languages belonging to the British subgroup of Celtic, i.e. Welsh, Cornish and Breton, have been the subject of thorough research for over a century now. Yet the phonological history of the prehistoric stages of these languages and the details of their connection with the other Celtic and Indo-European languages still present numerous unsolved issues. This volume aims to tackle the most acute problems of the historical phonology of British Celtic. Also it provides an up-to-date reference guide to British historical phonology in general, as well as a study of a large body of etymologies relevant to the correct evaluation of the historical phonology. This volume is of interest for the Celtologist, the Indo-Europeanist and the general historical linguist.

A Historical Phonology of Central Chadic

A Historical Phonology of Central Chadic
Author: H. Ekkehard Wolff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2022-06-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1316519546

Drawing on extensive field data, this groundbreaking work explores the development of the sound systems of Central Chadic languages.

Anatolian Historical Phonology

Anatolian Historical Phonology
Author: Harold Craig Melchert
Publisher: Rodopi
Total Pages: 474
Release: 1994
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9789051836974

This study represents the first comprehensive treatment of the sound system of the Hittite language and its historical development in a quarter-century. It is the very first attempt at a systematic description of the sound systems of all the ancient Indo-European languages of Anatolia. It codifies the results of a generation of collective scholarship which has made some dramatic advances, offers a number of new hypotheses, and frames the problems which remain to be solved. The contents will be of interest to Indo-Europeanists for the new perspectives on the crucial Anatolian subgroup and to scholars of second-millennium Anatolia for the up-to-date descriptions of the extant Indo-European languages of that era.

The “Broken” Plural Problem in Arabic and Comparative Semitic

The “Broken” Plural Problem in Arabic and Comparative Semitic
Author: Robert R. Ratcliffe
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 275
Release: 1998-12-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027275645

The formal aspects of non-concatenative morphology have received considerable attention in recent years, but the diachronic dimensions of such systems have been little explored. The current work applies a modern methodological and theoretical framework to a classic problem in Arabic and Semitic historical linguistics: the highly allomorphic system of ‘stem-internal’ or ‘broken’ plurals. It shows that widely-accepted views regarding the historical development of this system are untenable and offers a new hypothesis. The first chapter lays out a methodology for comparative-historical research in morphology. The next two chapters present an analysis of Arabic morphology based on contemporary formal linguistic approaches, and applies this analysis to the noun plural system. Chapter Four shows that neither semantic shift nor ablaut-type sound change account adequately for the data. The fifth chapter offers a systematic comparison of the plural systems of Semitic languages, incorporating much new research on the languages of South Arabia and Ethiopia. Chapter Six proposes a new reconstruction.

Phonology in the 1980’s

Phonology in the 1980’s
Author: Didier L. Goyvaerts
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 657
Release: 1981-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027270856

This volume brings together a number of ground-breaking papers in the theory of phonology.