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Issues in Scottish Vowel Quantity
Author: Sławomir Zdziebko
Date Of Publication: Jan 2012
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-3463-6
Isbn: 1-4438-3463-7
This book primarily provides a detailed description and interpretation of one of the most fascinating and poorly understood processes in English accentology, i.e. Aitken’s Law, also known as the Scottish Vowel Length Rule by which vowel quantity in Scottish English is fully predictable, as opposed to the other regional accents of English speakers. The research also contributes to the understanding of the working of long-short vowel distinctions in the languages of the world and argues that all phenomena observed in connection with the presence and absence vowel quantity contrasts are a direct consequence of the working of a relatively small set of universal and inviolable principles of grammar.

Sławomir Zdziebko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Studies at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. His main interests encompass morphology and phonology, especially approaches to phonotactics and the sound patterns observed in non-referential varieties of English. He is one of the initiators of the series of international conferences, Young Linguists in Dialogue, and co-editor of the volume Young Linguists in Dialogue, the proceeding of the third conference in the series.

“It is my immense pleasure to recommend the book ‘Issues in Scottish Vowel Quantity’ by Mr Slawomir Zdziebko to your publishing house.

Mr Zdziebko’s book is a priceless and detailed documentation of the long standing debate about one of the most intriguing problems of English dialectology, i.e Aitken’s Law. It also constitutes a brave, innovative, and successful attempt at understanding the abovementioned phenomenon based on a meticulous investigation of empirical data and historical records.

Apart from that, ‘Issues in Scottish Vowel Quantity’ is a substantial contribution to the understanding of the working of vowel quantity in the languages of the world.

I strongly recommend the book for publishing.”

Sincerely Cyran

Head of the Institute of English Studies

Faculty of Humanities

The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.

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