This book addresses the question: why do sound changes happen when and where they do? Jeremy Smith discusses the origins of a series of sound changes in English. He relates his arguments to larger questions about the nature of explanation in history and historical linguistics, and examines the interplay between sound change and social change. Drawing on the latest research in the linguistics and history he shows how insights in one field illuminate the other.
TIME Magazine
COVER: Game On! - Left for dead by the experts, Hillary Clinton and John McCain ride a record turnout to victory in New Hampshire. Here's what's next in a campaign whose only certainty is uncertainty
WORLD: The Demons That Still Haunt Africa - Violence in Kenya, one of its most stable nations, shows that the continent's old ills--poverty, corruption, tribalism--are far from cured
SOCIETY: Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back - Flashy new discs and that old cozy sound have got the iPod generation giving LPs a spin
SCIENCE: Lumps In the Cosmos - Something happened eons ago to turn the sea of particles that was the universe into the starry place it is now. New evidence offers clues
BBC Reith Lecturer 2006 - In the beginning was sound by Daniel Barenboim St John said, "In the beginning was the word", while Goethe
claimed that, "In the beginning was the deed". But my contention is:
In the beginning was sound.
An introduction to linguistics
A clear, straightforward guide to the rudiments of linguistics, aimed at A-level and undergraduate students. Explains the technical features, and leads to a full understanding, providing the sound base needed for exploring other branches of the field.
This dramatization is strongest at the strangest and most intense moments of this great tragedy. When Macbeth meets the weird sisters, when Lady Macbeth reveals her soul in a monologue, or when the forces clash in battle, this dramatization is hypnotic. The performances are first rate, and the sound quality is varied and nicely layered; each character speaks in a different cadence, with some difference in accent, and multiple background sound effects (a horn, the wind) combine to suggest a lively world without obscuring the core dialogue.
Sound Change and the History of English
![The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare: 38 Fully-Dramatized Plays [UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK WITH TEXT]](http://englishtips.org/uploads/old/posts/1172287790_ws.jpg "The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare: 38 Fully-Dramatized Plays [UNABRIDGED AUDIOBOOK WITH TEXT]")
