TY - BOOK AU - Minkova,Donka TI - The History of Final Vowels in English: The Sound of Muting T2 - Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , SN - 9783110127638 AV - PE1157 .M5 1991eb U1 - 421/.5 22 PY - 2012///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter Mouton, KW - English language KW - Vowels KW - Englisch KW - Geschichte KW - Schwa KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Chapter 1. Schwa in the history of English --; Chapter 2. More background: Accounts of schwa loss --; Chapter 3. Textual evidence --; Chapter 4. Phonological aspects of schwa loss --; Chapter 5. Morphological aspects of schwa loss --; Chapter 6. Early schwa deletion as a prosodie phenomenon --; Chapter 7. Schwa preservation in Late Middle English as a prosodie phenomenon --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110889512 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110889512 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110889512/original ER -