In:Historical Linguistics: A cognitive grammar introduction
Margaret E. Winters
[Not in series 227] 2020
► pp. 97–118
Chapter 5Phonological change
Published online: 8 May 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.227.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.227.c5
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 1.1Phonetics and phonology
- 1.2The phoneme
- 1.3Formalism
- 1.4Summary
- 2.Processes of phonemic change
- 2.1Merger
- 2.2Split
- 2.2.1Allophonic split
- 2.2.2The creation of phonemes: Phonologization
- 3.Phonological change as recategorization
- 3.1Individual changes
- 3.2Phonemic inventories
- 3.2.1Patterns
- 3.2.2Features
- 4.Actuation and expansion of use
- 4.1Actuation
- 4.2Expansion of use
- 5.Conclusion
- Exercises
- For further investigation
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