The developmental progression of English vowel systems, 1500–1800: Evidence from grammarians
This paper suggests that all Early Modern English dialects may be fitted into a simple system of classification (types A through D) based upon the relative heights of their long front vowels. Research into this period has always focused more on the trajectories of individual phonemes than on how tho...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Ampersand |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215039020300011 |