April M S Mcmahon
Biographic Data
| ID | 623762 |
|---|---|
| NAME | April M S Mcmahon |
| GIVEN NAMES | April M S |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcmahon |
| SIGNATURE | MCMAHON A M S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Language Classification by Numbers
This book considers how languages have traditionally been divided into families, and asks how they should classified in the future. It describes and applies computer programs from biology and evolutionary genetics to data about languages and shows how the power of the computer can be harnessed to throw light on long-standing problems in historical linguistics. It tests current theories and hypotheses, shows how new ideas can be formulated, and of…
John T. Jensen (1993). English phonology. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 99.) Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Pp. x + 251
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Understanding Language Change
How and why do language changes begin; how and why do they spread; and how can they ultimately be explained? This new textbook sets out to answer these questions in a clear and helpful way which will be accessible to all students with an elementary knowledge of linguistics. In the first half of the book Dr McMahon analyses changes from every area of grammar. In the second she addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics, and look…
Topics in the lexical phonology of english
Lexical phonology and sound change: The case of the Scottish vowel length rule
The key assumption in the standard generative approach to historical linguistics (King, 1969) is that each sound change is incorporated directly into the native speaker's grammar as the final phonological rule, moving up gradually into the grammar as further changes are implemented. Restructuring of underlying representations by later generations during acquisition is theoretically permitted, but infrequently invoked, with the result that the his…
Vowel shift, free rides and strict cyclicity
Lexical phonology and sound change: The case of the Scottish vowel length rule
The key assumption in the standard generative approach to historical linguistics (King, 1969) is that each sound change is incorporated directly into the native speaker's grammar as the final phonological rule, moving up gradually into the grammar as further changes are implemented. Restructuring of underlying representations by later generations during acquisition is theoretically permitted, but infrequently invoked, with the result that the his…
Vowel shift, free rides and strict cyclicity
Topics in the lexical phonology of english
Vowel shift, free rides and strict cyclicity
Lexical phonology and sound change: The case of the Scottish vowel length rule
The key assumption in the standard generative approach to historical linguistics (King, 1969) is that each sound change is incorporated directly into the native speaker's grammar as the final phonological rule, moving up gradually into the grammar as further changes are implemented. Restructuring of underlying representations by later generations during acquisition is theoretically permitted, but infrequently invoked, with the result that the his…
Topics in the lexical phonology of english
Understanding Language Change
How and why do language changes begin; how and why do they spread; and how can they ultimately be explained? This new textbook sets out to answer these questions in a clear and helpful way which will be accessible to all students with an elementary knowledge of linguistics. In the first half of the book Dr McMahon analyses changes from every area of grammar. In the second she addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics, and look…
John T. Jensen (1993). English phonology. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 99.) Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Pp. x + 251
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Language Classification by Numbers
This book considers how languages have traditionally been divided into families, and asks how they should classified in the future. It describes and applies computer programs from biology and evolutionary genetics to data about languages and shows how the power of the computer can be harnessed to throw light on long-standing problems in historical linguistics. It tests current theories and hypotheses, shows how new ideas can be formulated, and of…
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (4 works) · Phonology (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Grammar (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works)