A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period by Henry Sweet

A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period by Henry Sweet

Henry Sweet (1845-1912) began at an early age to teach himself Old English and Old Icelandic. Before going up to Oxford, he spent a year at the University of Heidelberg, studying comparative and Germanic philology, and during his undergraduate career he published an edition of King Alfred's Pastoral Care. His enthusiasm for philology led him to pursue a career in research and teaching, though he did not hold a university post until in 1901 he was appointed to a new readership in phonetics at Oxford. His work on the sounds of English was first published in 1874, and in this revised version in 1888. The work derived from a monograph 'on the history of long e and o', but Sweet's own further research, as well as that of others, led him to a much broader treatment, including an investigation of dialects and medieval and modern English sounds.

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ISBN 13	9781108075602
ISBN 10	1108075606
Title	A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period
Author	Henry Sweet
Series	Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2014-08-28
Number of pages	430
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