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 David Nicolle - Saracen Strongholds AD 630-1050: The Middle East and Central Asia Osprey Publishing | 2008 | ISBN: 184603115X | English | 68 pages | PDF | 29.84 MB Osprey Fortress 76  Gjertrud Flermoen Stenbrenden, "Long-Vowel Shifts in English, c.1050-1700: Evidence from Spelling" English | 2016 | ISBN: 110705575X | PDF | pages: 362 | 12.6 mb The English language has undergone many sound changes in its long history. Some of these changes had a profound effect on the pronunciation of the language. A number of these significant instances of language evolution are generally grouped together and termed the 'Great Vowel Shift'. These changes are generally considered to be unrelated to other, similar long-vowel changes taking place a little earlier. This book assesses an extensive range of irregular Middle English spellings for all these changes, with a view to identifying the real course of events: the dates, the chronology, and the dialects that stand out as being innovative. Using empirical evidence to offer a fresh perspective and drawing new, convincing conclusions, Stenbrenden offers an interpretation of the history of the English language which may change our view of sound change completely. |
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