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Download full textShannon, Thomas F. – 1984
An analysis of Old English phonology examines two traditional sound changes, the First and Second Frontings, that have been analyzed by different linguists with rather abstract theories. These analyses are refuted, and a more concrete and realistic treatment is proposed for each. Examination of Anglo-Frisian Brightening, or First Fronting, raises…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Diachronic Linguistics, Grammar, Language Patterns
Pintzuk, Susan – York Papers in Linguistics, 1996
An alternative account of the Old English verb-complement word order and the change from OV to VO is offered, based on an analysis of 16 Old English texts. Evidence is provided that the change does not involve abrupt reanalysis but rather synchronic competition between two grammars, beginning in the Old English period and continuing into Middle…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Influences
