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Download full textBurka, Nataliia – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
The paper presents the results of a complex study of ?onsonantal phonemes' syntagmatics, registered at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the word throughout the historical development of the English language. The analysis of frequencies of consonantal clusters' actualization allowed the author to characterize the regularities of their…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Phonology, Syntax, Diachronic Linguistics
Al Khattab, Emran R. – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
All languages change over time. English has undergone continuous change throughout its three major periods: Old English (roughly from 450 to 1100 AD), Middle English (from 1100 to 1500), and Modern English (from 1500 to the present). Sound is one of the most easily influenced parts of language to be subject to different changes. Sound change is…
Descriptors: Old English, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Phonology
Direct linkHornung, Annette – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Scholars have long debated whether Old and Middle English (ME) are different diachronic stages of one language, or whether they are two closely related languages that have different historical roots. A general assumption is that Middle and Modern English descend from Old English (OE), similar to the way Middle and Modern German descend from Old…
Descriptors: Language Research, Old English, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Weerman, Fred – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2011
There is a long linguistic tradition in which language change is explained in terms of first language acquisition. In this tradition, children are considered to be the agents of language change, or at least the agents of changes in the underlying grammar. Since the early 1980s, this has been formulated in the (generative) terminology in terms of…
Descriptors: Language Research, Language Variation, Old English, Language Acquisition
Hume, Elizabeth, Ed.; And Others – Working Papers in Linguistics, 1995
Papers in comparative and historical linguistics are presented. "The Independent Development of Mid Tone in Suma" (Mary Bradshaw) extends earlier research on tone change in Gbaya languages to Suma, a Gbaya language previously not included. "Diachronic Morphology: An Overview" (Brian Joseph) reviews diachronic morphological…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, English
Embleton, Sheila, Ed. – 1998
Forty-one papers on language research and linguistic theory from the annual conference address these topics: linguistic philosophy; aspects of phonetics and phonology; topics in syntax; aspect; topics in semantics; topics in discourse analysis; sociolinguistics and language contact; historical linguistics; metatheory; and interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Canada Natives, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
