The Status of Voiced Fricatives in Old English

Anderson, John M.

doi:10.1515/flih.1985.6.2.215

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“…[b] then contrasted with [f] not only initially, but finally. 'Given that the dating of final degemination is uncertain', Anderson (1988a: 108 n.1) excludes 'forms like cryb(b) in discussing the distribution of /b/'. Figure 5 schematizes the pattern of neutralization which would have pertained whenever final degemination occurred.…”

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“…(See also Clark & Yallop, 1990: 143: 'neutralization may be represented by a sound which is distinct from both of the otherwise contrasting phonemes'.) Invocation of neutralization in the characterization of phonological systems fulfils that part of the aim in Anderson (1988a) which is expressed by the assumption that, in the characterization of phonological systems, 'arbitrary phonemic assignments are to be avoided and attribution of defective distribution minimised ' (1988a: 97). Invocation of neutralization in what follows seeks to render superfluous accounts of early Old English orthography in terms of 'archaisms', specifically in relation to <b>.…”

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Kentish Old English &b>/&B>: orthographic ‘archaism’ or evidence of Kentish phonology?

Colman¹

2004

English Language and Linguistics

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Ninth-century Kentish Old English /, where it represents a reflex of Germanic [ß], has hitherto been dismissed as an orthographic 'archaism'. Here, however, it is argued that the graph is a genuine reflection of ninth-century Kentish phonology. The linguistic argument, which invokes the concept of neutralization in reconstructing the Old English obstruent system, is placed in the context of reconstructions of the external history of Kent. Data are drawn from forms of moneyers' names on early Anglo-Saxon coins, discussed in the context of interpretations of manuscript data.

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Kentish Old English &b>/&B>: orthographic ‘archaism’ or evidence of Kentish phonology?
Colman¹
2004
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“…We have a similar pattern of neutralization to that which we found with the velars. (On these neutralizations in Old English see Anderson, 1988. ) The voiced affricate /dZ/ is represented by <g>, attested only in initial position:…”

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The orthography and phonology of the Ormulum
Anderson
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Britton
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1999
English Language and Linguistics
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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 resembled the inventory that an analysis on phonemic principles might provide. However, Orm's system has more orthographic symbols than an analysis of distinctive oppositions in speech would have required. All of these additions are in some measure attributable to following precedent. In this aspect of his spelling system, as in his innovations, nearly all of which also have parallels within the English orthographic tradition, we discern a spelling reformer who, in due consideration of transparency of the system as perceived by the reader, took pains to depart as little as possible from the familiar.

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Some Aspects of the Historical Development of English Consonant Phonemes
Lucas
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1991
Trans of the Philol Soc
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The Status of Voiced Fricatives in Old English

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Kentish Old English &b>/&B>: orthographic ‘archaism’ or evidence of Kentish phonology?

Kentish Old English &b>/&B>: orthographic ‘archaism’ or evidence of Kentish phonology?

The orthography and phonology of the Ormulum

Some Aspects of the Historical Development of English Consonant Phonemes

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