Sound Change / / Joseph Salmons.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Salmons, Joseph,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Historical Linguistics : EHL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 100 B/W illustrations

Understanding sound change through contemporary theory and historical evidenceOffers broad linguistic coverage with examples from a wide range of world language families including Germanic, Romance, Mixtec, Tibetan, Hmong, Hebrew, Chinese, Kikuyu, Svan and MenomineeExplores sound change from structural, historical, sociolinguistic and acquisitional perspectivesTakes a data led approach with worked examples in each chapter Includes questions and suggestions for further study at the end of each chapterDownload ‘Beyond This Book’ from the Resources tab for extra ideas for seminar preparation or self-study Drawing examples from a range of world languages, this textbook introduces the ways in which speech sounds become different over time. It explores how we produce and hear particular sounds and how overall word shapes and the pronunciation of individual words change. The roles of phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, traditional formal models and recent exemplar-based work in sound change are all examined. In covering both structural and societal issues, the book integrates different kinds of historical evidence and different theories into a coherent understanding of the full process of sound change.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Preface: What We’re Doing Here and Why -- Part 1 The background -- Part 2 Starting points -- Part 3 Where sound changes -- Part 4 Sound change in grammar -- Part 5 The bigger picture -- References -- Index of Languages and Families -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Names