Old English vocalic contrasts and the scope of analysis in historical linguistics
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Abstract. This article carries out a study in the Old English version of De Temporibus Anniin order to identify phonological contrasts of the vocalic type both from the interdialectal and the intradialectal perspective. The descriptive conclusions indicate that narrowing the scope of the analysis does not necessarily reduce the relevance of the conclusions and, what is more important, that conducting a study in one text avoids problems of coherence of the interpretation and overgeneralization of the results.Key words: Variation, diachrony, dialectology, Old English.
Resumen. Este artículo analiza la versión en inglés antiguo de De temporibus Anni a fin de identificar los contrastes fonológicos de los tipos vocálicos desde una perspectiva inter e intradialectal. Las conclusiones desriptivas indican que la restricción del enfoque del análisis no implica la reducción de la relevancia de las conclusiones y, lo que es más importante, que realizar el estuido en un solo texto evita problemas de coherencia de la interpretación y una sobregeneralización de los resultados.
Palabras clave: variación, diacronía, dialectología, inglés antiguo.
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