Phonological Indicators of a Norse Source for Middle English
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64167-1_9" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-031-64167-1_9</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Phonological Indicators of a Norse Source for Middle English
Original language description
This chapter explores phonological evidence supporting the idea that Middle English evolved from an Anglicized form of Norse rather than Old English. It discusses key phonetic characteristics, such as the retention of pre-vocalic velars (e.g., "skirt" vs. "shirt"), the loss of Old English diphthongs, and changes in vowel length contrasts, which align more closely with Norse than Old English. Additionally, the chapter examines the emergence of the voiced phoneme /z/ in Middle English and argues that the English plural -s, which originated as a voiced -z, derives from Norse rather than Old English.
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
The North Germanic Morphosyntax of Modern English
ISBN
978-3-031-64166-4
Number of pages of the result
11
Pages from-to
189-199
Number of pages of the book
252
Publisher name
Palgrave Macmillan
Place of publication
Cham, Switzerland
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