Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Social and linguistic setting of alliterative verse in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval England
- 2 Linguistic structures in English alliterative verse
- 3 Segmental histories: velar palatalization
- 4 Syllable structure
- 5 ONSET and cluster alliteration in Old English: the case of sp-, st-, sk-
- 6 ONSET and cluster alliteration in Middle English
- 7 Verse evidence for cluster simplification in Middle English
- References
- Index of names
- Subject index
5 - ONSET and cluster alliteration in Old English: the case of sp-, st-, sk-
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Social and linguistic setting of alliterative verse in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval England
- 2 Linguistic structures in English alliterative verse
- 3 Segmental histories: velar palatalization
- 4 Syllable structure
- 5 ONSET and cluster alliteration in Old English: the case of sp-, st-, sk-
- 6 ONSET and cluster alliteration in Middle English
- 7 Verse evidence for cluster simplification in Middle English
- References
- Index of names
- Subject index
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- Alliteration and Sound Change in Early English , pp. 192 - 237Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003