The historical phonology of Old English: a critical review

There is a widely accepted chronology of sound laws, covering the transition from Proto-West Germanic to Old English, found in every handbook of Old English. This chronology contains sound laws whose only function is to cancel the effects of previous ones, such as ‘retraction’ and ‘smoothing’, rever...

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Published inPapers in Historical Phonology Vol. 6; p. 68–106
Main Author Versloot, Arjen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Edinburgh 27.12.2021
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