Chapter
2.1. Choice of sources
pp.：
27 – 27
2.2. Lorenz Morsbach (1896): Mittelenglische Grammatik
pp.：
27 – 28
2.3. Karl Luick (1921–1940): Historische Grammatik der englischen Sprache
pp.：
28 – 32
2.4. Richard Jordan: (1934/1968) Handbuch der mittelenglischen Grammatik
pp.：
32 – 35
2.5. Wilhelm Horn/Martin Lehnert (1954): Laut und Leben. Englische Lautgeschichte der neueren Zeit (1400–1950)
pp.：
35 – 36
2.7. Joseph Wright and E. M. Wright (1923): An Elementary Middle English Grammar
pp.：
36 – 37
2.6. Karl Brunner (1962): Die englische Sprache, ihre geschichtliche Entwicklung. Vols. I, II
pp.：
36 – 36
2.8. Fernand Mossé (1949): Manuel de l’anglais du moyen âge
pp.：
37 – 38
2.9. Jacek Fisiak (1970): A Short Grammar of Middle English
pp.：
38 – 39
2.10. Peter Erdmann (1972): Tiefenphonologische Lautgeschichte der englischen Vokale
pp.：
39 – 39
2.11. Summary
pp.：
39 – 40
Chapter 3. Textual evidence
pp.：
40 – 47
3.2. Types of evidence
pp.：
47 – 49
3.1. Principles and methods specific to the study of schwa loss in Middle English
pp.：
47 – 47
3.3. Graphically marked morpho-syntactic loss of -e
pp.：
49 – 57
3.4. Unetymological final -e
pp.：
57 – 67
3.5. Elision in hiatus
pp.：
67 – 74
3.6. Rhyme evidence
pp.：
74 – 81
3.7. Scribal errors, editorial corrections
pp.：
81 – 83
3.8. Graphically unmarked evidence
pp.：
83 – 87
Chapter 4. Phonological aspects of schwa loss
pp.：
87 – 99
4.1. The phonemic status of schwa in Middle English
pp.：
99 – 99
4.2. The Middle phonemic inventory
pp.：
99 – 103
4.3. Distribution
pp.：
103 – 116
4.4. Phonetic parameters. Distinctive features
pp.：
116 – 118
4.5. Phonological correlates of schwa loss
pp.：
118 – 121
4.6. Some consequences
pp.：
121 – 126
Chapter 5. Morphological aspects of schwa loss
pp.：
126 – 137
5.2. The morphologization of schwa loss
pp.：
137 – 145
5.1. The morpho-syntactic functions of schwa
pp.：
137 – 137
5.3. Classification and ranking of factors for schwa loss
pp.：
145 – 146
5.4. Syntactic correlates
pp.：
146 – 152
5.5. Extralinguistic factors
pp.：
152 – 158
5.6. Hierarchy of factors within individual word classes
pp.：
158 – 161
Chapter 6. Early schwa deletion as a prosodic phenomenon
pp.：
161 – 167
6.2. The shared properties of early schwa loss
pp.：
167 – 170
6.1. Early schwa loss data
pp.：
167 – 167
6.3. The rhythmic phrasing of early schwa deletion
pp.：
170 – 171
6.4. The Early Schwa Deletion Rule
pp.：
171 – 174
Chapter 7. Schwa preservation in Late Middle English as a prosodic phenomenon
pp.：
174 – 183
7.1. Final -e in weak adjectival inflexions
pp.：
183 – 183
7.2. The weak adjectives in Chaucer
pp.：
183 – 184
7.3. The weak adjectives in non-Chaucerian Late Middle English
pp.：
184 – 185
7.4. Accounts of adjectival schwa preservation
pp.：
185 – 187
7.5. The rhythmic nature of final -e
pp.：
187 – 189
7.6. The metrical structure of adjectival phrases
pp.：
189 – 190
7.7. The proposal reviewed: objections
pp.：
190 – 198
7.8. Conclusion
pp.：
198 – 199
Bibliography
pp.：
199 – 205
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