De Chene, Brent E.  1948- <br/><br/>
The historical phonology of vowel length / 
Brent E. De Chene. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2014. 
 - 1 online resource (xxii, 327 p.) 
 - Routledge library editions. Linguistics ;  31 .
<br/><br/> First published in 1985. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-327). 
<br/><br/>ch. 1. The origins of distinctive vowel length -- ch. 2. Syllable and Mora as units in verse and accentuation -- ch. 3. Compensatory learning -- ch. 4. Compensatory lengthening as assimilation -- ch. 5. Conclusion : vowel length and syllable structure. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781315857268 (ebook : PDF) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Duration (Phonetics)<br/>Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology.<br/>Historical linguistics.<br/>Vowels.