Donka Minkova (born 1944) is a Bulgarian-American 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)
References
Further reading Kie Zuraw, 'Interview with Donka Minkova', Journal of English Linguistics, 50.4 (December 2022), 327-422