DONKA MINKOVA, Alliteration and Sound Change in Early English (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 101). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. xx + 400. ISBN 0 521 57317 3
In spite of the broadly stated goals, this work is not so much about early English alliteration as it is about onsets, their status, change, simplication and relation to stress. [...]since versication is a product in part of stress, and stress in English is in a relation with syllable structure and...
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| Published in: | Journal of the International Phonetic Association 2006-06, Vol.36 (1), p.104-106 |
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| Summary: | In spite of the broadly stated goals, this work is not so much about early English alliteration as it is about onsets, their status, change, simplication and relation to stress. [...]since versication is a product in part of stress, and stress in English is in a relation with syllable structure and the segments lling syllabic positions (particularly consonants), Minkovas study promises to complement other diachronic works dealing with alliteration in English that strongly inform our understanding of historical phonetics (e.g., Classen 1913). In the course of the chapter, it is argued that the voiceless affricate is noncontrastive and the status of its voiced counterpart is questioned. [...]the palatal sibilant /S/ is removed from the inventory while the voiced velar fricative /G/ is added. [...]Minkovas claim is that glottal stop insertion optimizes the syllable structure without compromising syllable and morpheme boundaries (p. 170). [...]both the data and positions proposed by the author warrant careful phonetic examination. |
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| ISSN: | 0025-1003 1475-3502 |