Hypercorrection or functionally-motivated language use?: Intrusive [h] in present-day English accents and <h>-insertion in medieval manuscripts

Häcker, Martina

doi:10.1075/cilt.252.09hac

In:New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics: Selected papers from 12 ICEHL, Glasgow, 21–26 August 2002
Edited by Christian Kay, Carole Hough and Irené Wotherspoon
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 252] 2004
► pp. 109–123

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Intrusive [h] in present-day English accents and <h>-insertion in medieval manuscripts

Hypercorrection or functionally-motivated language use?

Martina Häcker | University of Konstanz

Published online: 24 June 2004

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.252.09hac

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