Lexical Phonology and the History of English (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780521034487
Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; Linguistics; Phonetics & Phonics; English language--Phonology, Historical; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Phonetics & Phonics; Language Arts & Disciplines-Linguistics
First sentence: Any linguist asked to provide candidate items for inclusion in a list of the slipperiest and most variably definable twentieth-century linguistic terms, would probably be able to supply several without much prompting.