Klappentext A detailed study of Old English, taking as its point of departure the 'standard theory' of generative phonology as developed by Chomsky and Halle. Zusammenfassung A detailed study of Old English! taking as its point of departure the 'standard theory' of generative phonology as developed by Chomsky and Halle. Dr Lass and Dr Anderson set out all the main phonological processes of Old English and aghainst their larger historical background (including subsequent developments in the history of English). Inhaltsverzeichnis List of abbreviations; Preface; Preliminaries: The Feature Framework; 1. 'Ablaut' in the Old English strong verb; 2. The Anglo-Frisian brightening; 3. Two processes of vowel epenthesis: breaking and back umlaut; 4. Palatalisation and I-umlaut; 5. Strengthening and weakening of obstruents: fricative voicing assignment, continuancy adjustment, and some related processes; 6. Epilogue: historical implications: the phonological inventories: some afterthoughts on theory; Appendices; References; Subject and author index; Word index.

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List of abbreviations; Preface; Preliminaries: The Feature Framework; 1. 'Ablaut' in the Old English strong verb; 2. The Anglo-Frisian brightening; 3. Two processes of vowel epenthesis: breaking and back umlaut; 4. Palatalisation and I-umlaut; 5. Strengthening and weakening of obstruents: fricative voicing assignment, continuancy adjustment, and some related processes; 6. Epilogue: historical implications: the phonological inventories: some afterthoughts on theory; Appendices; References; Subject and author index; Word index.