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Historical Linguistics: A cognitive grammar introduction
Margaret E. Winters
[Not in series 227] 2020
► pp. 97–118

Chapter 5
Phonological change

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
  • Notes