The Oxford Handbook of Historical Phonology
Edited by Patrick Honeybone and Joseph Salmons
Abstract
This book presents a comprehensive and critical overview of historical phonology as it stands today. Research from every part of the field is examined from a variety of theoretical perspectives and drawing on data from a wide range of languages. The book begins by considering key current research questions, the early history of the field, and the structuralist context for work on sound change. In the second part, chapters examine evidence and methods, including phonological reconstruction, typology, and computational and quantitative approaches. Part III looks at types of phonological change, including stress, tone, and morphophonological change. Part IV explores a series of controversial aspects within the field, including the effects of first language acquisition, the mechanisms of lexical diffusion, and the role of individuals in innovation. Part V considers theoretical perspectives on phonological change, including those of evolutionary phonology and generative historical phonology. The final part examines sociolinguistic and exogenous factors in phonological change, including the study of change in real time, the role of second language acquisition, and loanword adaptation.
Keywords:
historical phonology,
sound change,
typology,
reconstruction,
second language acquisition,
loanwords,
morphophonological change,
sociolinguistic factors,
generative phonology
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Print Publication Date:
- Nov 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199232819
- Published online:
- Dec 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199232819.001.0001
Editors
Patrick Honeybone,
editor
Patrick Honeybone works in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh. He has published on historical and theoretical phonology, has co-edited the volumes Linguistic Knowledge: Perspectives from Phonology and from Syntax (2006, Lingua) and Issues in English Phonology (2007, Language Sciences), and is the main organizer of the annual Manchester Phonology Meeting.
Joseph Salmons,
editor
Joseph Salmons is the Lester W.J. "Smoky" Seifert Professor of Germanic Linguistics. In addition to articles on phonology and language change, he is most recently the author of A History of German (2012, OUP), and serves as executive editor of Diachronica: International Journal of Historical Linguistics.
