Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Approaching the changes
- 2 Reconstructing OSL
- 3 Widening the meaning of OSL
- 4 A suprasegmental view of OSL
- 5 Summary: OSL refined
- 6 Homorganic Lengthening
- 7 Shortenings
- 8 Epilogue: explaining Middle English Quantity Adjustment
- Appendix I OSL
- Appendix II HOL
- Appendix III SHOCC
- Appendix IV TRISH
- Notes
- References and further reading
- Index
Notes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Approaching the changes
- 2 Reconstructing OSL
- 3 Widening the meaning of OSL
- 4 A suprasegmental view of OSL
- 5 Summary: OSL refined
- 6 Homorganic Lengthening
- 7 Shortenings
- 8 Epilogue: explaining Middle English Quantity Adjustment
- Appendix I OSL
- Appendix II HOL
- Appendix III SHOCC
- Appendix IV TRISH
- Notes
- References and further reading
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- Quantity AdjustmentVowel Lengthening and Shortening in Early Middle English, pp. 169 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994