Betty S. Phillips

Betty S. Phillips, PhD Professor of Linguistics Ph.D., University of Georgia M.A., University of Georgia B.A., Duke University Office: Root Hall, A-124 Phone: (812) 237-2684 Fax: (812) 237-2368 Email: Betty.Phillips@indstate.edu

Courses

• LING 311 Linguistic Analysis of English
• LING 411/511 Diachronic Analysis of English
• LING 414/514 Lexicology: Word Form and Function
• LING 621 Phonetics and Phonology
• LING 622 Historical Linguistics
• LLL 580 Current Topics in LLL
• LLL 600 Current Issues in LLL
• LLL 607 Research Methods in LLL

Interests

Linguistic change, especially the gradual spread of sound change through the lexicon.

Publications

• "Lexical Diffusion in Historical Phonology." in preparation. Handbook of Historical Phonology. Eds. Joseph Salmons and Patrick Honeybone. Oxford: Oxford UP.
• "Lexical Diffusion." Historical Linguistics of English: An International Handbook, Vol. 2. (Handbook of Linguistics and Communication Science series). Eds. Alex Bergs and Laurel Brinton. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2012.
• "Ascertaining Word Classes." Sociophonetics: A Student's Guide.  Eds. Marianna Di Paolo and Malcah Yaeger-Dror.  London: Routledge, 2011. pp. 178-187.
• "Æ-raising in the Peterborough Chronicle," The Language of the Peterborough Chronicle (Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature 20), eds. Alexander Bergs and Janne Skaffari. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2007.  Pp. 29-44.
• Word Frequency and Lexical Diffusion. NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
• "Vowel Merger in West Central Indiana: A Naughty, Knotty Project." Studies in the History of the English Language: Unfolding Conversations (Topics in English Linguistics 45). Eds. Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. Pp. 447-457.
• "Lexical Diffusion and Competing Analyses of Sound Change." Studies in the History of the English Language: A Millennial Perspective. Eds. Donka Minkova and Robert Stockwell. Mouton,de Gruyter, 2002. Pp. 231-243.
• "Lexical Diffusion, Lexical Frequency, and Lexical Analysis." Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure. Eds. Joan Bybee and Paul Hopper. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2001. 123-136.
• "Fast Words, Slow Words." American Speech 75.4 (2000): 414-416.
• "The Mental Lexicon: Evidence from Lexical Diffusion." Brain and Language 68 (1999): 104-109.
• "Lexical Diffusion is NOT Lexical Analogy." WORD 49 (1998): 369-381.
• "British vs. American -ate and -ator: Convergence, Divergence, and the Lexicon." American Speech 73 (Summer 1998): 160-177.
• "Word Frequency and Lexical Diffusion in English Stress Shifts." Historical Linguistics 1995: Vol. 2: Germanic Linguistics. Eds. Richard Hogg and Linda van Bergen. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1998. 223-232.
• "The Peterborough Chronicle Diphthongs." Studies in Middle English Linguistics. Ed. Jacek Fisiak. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1997. 429-438.
• "Lexical Diffusion as a Guide to Scribal Intent: A Comparison of ME <eo> vs. <e> Spellings in the Peterborough Chronicle and the Ormulum." Historical Linguistics 1993: Selected Papers from the 11th International Conference on Historical Linguistics. Ed. Henning Andersen. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1995. 379-386.
• "Southern English Glide Deletion Revisited." American Speech 69 (1994): 115-127
• "Open Syllable Lengthening and the Ormulum." WORD 43 (1992): 375-382.
• "Nicknames and Sex Role Stereotypes." Sex Roles 23 (1990): 281-289.
• "The Diffusion of a Borrowed Sound Change." Journal of English Linguistics 22 (1989) [1993]: 197-204.
• "Word Frequency and the Actuation of Sound Change." Language 60 (1984): 320-342.
• "Constraints on Syllables and Quantitative Changes in Early English." Linguistics 21 (1983): 879-895.
• "Lexical Diffusion and Function Words." Linguistics 21 (1983): 487-499.
• "Upstate and Downstate in New York." Names 31 (1983): 41-50.
• "ME Diphthongization, Phonetic Analogy, and Lexical Diffusion." WORD 34 (1983): 11-24.
• "The Phonetic Basis of a Late Old English Sound Change." Phonologica 1980. Ed. W.U. Dressler et al. Innsbruck, 1981. 337-341.
• "Lexical Diffusion and Southern Tune, Duke, News." American Speech 56 (1981): 72-78.
• "Two Approaches to a Phonological Problem." WORD 31 (1980): 275-285.
• "The Acquisition of German Plurals in Native Children and Non-native Adults." IRAL 18 (1980): 21-29. (co-authored with L. Bouma) Rpt. in Studies in Language Acquisition. Ed. Dietrich Nehls. Heidelberg: Julius Groos.
• "Old English an/on: A New Appraisal." Journal of English Linguistics 14 (1980): 20-23.

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