Title: The Oxford handbook of historical phonology /
Authors: Honeybone, Patrick,; Salmons, Joe, 1956-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general Phonology; Phonetics
Abstract: This book presents a comprehensive and critical overview of historical phonology as it stands today. Scholars from around the world consider and advance research in every aspect of the field. In doing so they demonstrate the continuing vitality of one of the oldest sub-disciplines of linguistics.
Contents: 1. Introduction : key questions for historical phonology / Patrick Honeybone and Joseph Salmons -- 2. An Early history of historical phonology / Robert Murray -- 3. Structuralist historical phonology : systems in sound change / Joseph Salmons and Patrick Honeybone -- 4. Phonological reconstruction / Anthony Fox -- 5. Establishing phonemic contrast in written sources / Donka Minlova -- 6. Interpreting diffuse orthographies and orthographic change / J. Marshall Unger -- 7. Interpreting alphabetic orthographies : early Middle English spelling / Roger Lass -- 8. The role of typology in historical phonology / Martin Kummel -- 9. Computational and quantitative approaches to historical phonology / Brett Kessler -- 10. Simulation as an investigative tool in historical phonology / Andrew Wedel -- 11. Using corpora of recorded speech for historical phonology / Warren Maguire -- 12. Exploring chain shifts, mergers, near-mergers as changes in progress / Matthew J. Gordon --^