English Phonology and Phonological Theory : Synchronic and Diachronic Studies (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. Vowel Contrasts and their Deployment in English: 'Length' and 'System': 1. On the 'two kinds of vowels' in English; 2. Rules, metarules, and the shape of the Great Vowel Shift; 3. The Great Vowel Shift and its aftermath in the North Midlands; Part II. Expanding the Database: The Yield of Comparative Method: 4. What kind of vowel was Middle English /a/ and what really happened to it?; 5. Middle English /c/ in New York City English; Part III. Issues in General theory: Features, Rules and Classes: 6. On the phonological characterization of [?] and [h]; 7. Complementary modes of description in phonology; Epilogue.