The FITS Team will talk about “Reconstructing spelling systems through grapho-phonological parsing” at the 10th International Conference on Medieval English (ICOME) at the University of Stavanger (29.05-2.06.2017). Using the grapho-phonologically parsed corpus of sound-spelling correspondences in Older Scots, we will show how the Older Scots consonantal use of <y> differed from contemporaneous practice south of the border. We will concentrate on spelling correlates of voiced and voiceless dental fricatives, paying special attention to positional preferences, as well as functional, etymological and morphological contexts. It’ll be an exciting opportunity to show our Medusa tool (tentatively referred to as such) at work!
