Donka Minkova

Donka Minkova
Born	1944 (age 79–80)
Academic background
Education	University of Sofia (PhD)
Academic work
Discipline	linguistics
Sub-discipline	phonetics, phonology
Institutions	University of California, Los Angeles

Donka Minkova (born 1944) is an American-Bulgarian linguist and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Books

• The History of Final Vowels in English (1991)
• English Words: History and Structure (with Robert Stockwell) (2001, Second Edition 2009)
• Alliteration and Sound Change in Early English (2003)
• A Historical Phonology of English (2014)

Edited

• Phonological Weakness in English: From Old to Present-Day English (2009)
• Studies in the History of the English Language: A Millennial Perspective (2002)
• Chaucer and the Challenges of Medievalism (2003)
• Empirical and Analytical Advances in the Study of English Language Change (2009)

Further reading

• Kie Zuraw, 'Interview with Donka Minkova', Journal of English Linguistics, 50.4 (December 2022), 327-422 doi:10.1177/00754242221126692