Derek Britton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3843230 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Derek Britton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Derek |
| FAMILY NAME | Britton |
| SIGNATURE | BRITTON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Degemination in English, with special reference to the Middle English period
The principal aim of this paper is to examine the Middle English loss, at dates which differed from one variety to another, of the geminate consonants that occurred between a short stressed vowel and either a following unstressed vowel or a liquid followed by an unstressed vowel, as in [sunnə] ‘sun’ or [applə] ‘apple’. I take the position that such geminates, though undoubtedly long in duration, were essentially clusters. Given, in particular, th…
Northern fronting and the north Lincolnshire merger of the reflexes of ME /u: And ME /o
The orthography and phonology of the Ormulum
This paper investigates all aspects of the orthography of the Ormulum in relation to the phonology of the late twelfth-century south Lincolnshire dialect which Orm's spelling system was designed to reflect. We show that Orm's adaptations of what he found in existing orthographic systems provided a set of graphic symbols that was fully capable of representing phonological contrasts in the vocabulary of the dialect and which thus in many respects r…
English Historical Linguistics 1994
English Historical Linguistics 1994: Papers from the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (8 Icehl, Edinburgh, 19–23 September 1994)
This volume offers a selection of 19 papers from those read at the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics in Edinburgh. Many of the writers are established authorities in the field, but there are also significant contributions from a younger generation of scholars. The topics discussed span the whole history of English from the Common Germanic period to the present century and the book also includes, as appropriate to the …
On Middle English she, sho: A Scots Solution to an English Problem
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On Middle English she, sho: A Scots Solution to an English Problem
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English Historical Linguistics 1994: Papers from the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (8 Icehl, Edinburgh, 19–23 September 1994)
This volume offers a selection of 19 papers from those read at the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics in Edinburgh. Many of the writers are established authorities in the field, but there are also significant contributions from a younger generation of scholars. The topics discussed span the whole history of English from the Common Germanic period to the present century and the book also includes, as appropriate to the …
English Historical Linguistics 1994
The orthography and phonology of the Ormulum
This paper investigates all aspects of the orthography of the Ormulum in relation to the phonology of the late twelfth-century south Lincolnshire dialect which Orm's spelling system was designed to reflect. We show that Orm's adaptations of what he found in existing orthographic systems provided a set of graphic symbols that was fully capable of representing phonological contrasts in the vocabulary of the dialect and which thus in many respects r…
Northern fronting and the north Lincolnshire merger of the reflexes of ME /u: And ME /o
Degemination in English, with special reference to the Middle English period
The principal aim of this paper is to examine the Middle English loss, at dates which differed from one variety to another, of the geminate consonants that occurred between a short stressed vowel and either a following unstressed vowel or a liquid followed by an unstressed vowel, as in [sunnə] ‘sun’ or [applə] ‘apple’. I take the position that such geminates, though undoubtedly long in duration, were essentially clusters. Given, in particular, th…
Linguistics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · History (5 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (5 works) · Applied linguistics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Historical linguistics (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works)