The diachrony and synchrony of vowel quantity in English and Dutch

B. Richard Page

doi:10.1075/dia.23.1.05pag

ISSN 0176-4225
E-ISSN: 1569-9714

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The diachrony and synchrony of vowel quantity in English and Dutch
Author(s): B. Richard Page ¹
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Source: Diachronica, Volume 23, Issue 1, Jan 2006, p. 61 - 104
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.23.1.05pag

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This investigation of Open Syllable Lengthening in Middle English and Middle Dutch treats the changes as the result of listener-based reinterpretations of coarticulatory effects on vowel duration. OSL in English is a result of compensatory lengthening, which is analyzed as a hypocorrection. OSL in Middle Dutch involves a hypercorrection in which the duration of etymologically long vowels is reinterpreted as a purely phonetic correlate of stress in open syllables. The different phonological bases for OSL provide a diachronic explanation for the retention of contrastive vowel quantity in Modern English and its absence in Modern Dutch.

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Keyword(s): hypercorrection; hypocorrection; listener-based theory of sound change; Middle Dutch; Middle English; Open Syllable Lengthening; vowel quantity

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