UID:
almafu_9959232948202883
Format:
1 online resource (615 p.)
ISBN:
90-272-8600-0
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9786613092809
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1-283-09280-8
Series Statement:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, v. 65
Content:
This volume is a collection of articles based on papers presented at the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics at Cambridge in 1987. It draws together important state-of-the-art' studies in the syntax, phonology, morphology and semantics of Old, Middle and Modern English by prominent figures in the field into a single volume. Core theoretical areas are well represented and there are also major papers in dialectology, stylistics, metrics, socio-historical linguistics and the history of English linguistics.The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor James P. Thorn
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Description based upon print version of record.
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PAPERS FROM THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGLISH HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; IN MEMORIAM JAMES PETER THORNE 1933-1988 JOHN LYONS; PREFACE; LIST OF PARTICIPANTS; RESTANDARDISATION IN MIDDLE SCOTS; BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH: ODI ET AMO; THE STYLISTIC FUNCTION OF ME GAN RECONSIDERED; HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS - LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY; THE ASSESSMENT OF LEXICAL MORTALITY AND REPLACEMENT BETWEEN OLD AND MODERN ENGLISH
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PREPOSITION STRANDING AND RELATIVE COMPLEMENTIZER DELETION: IMPLICATIONAL TENDENCIES IN ENGLISH AND THE OTHER GERMANIC LANGUAGESTHE OLD ENGLISH IMPERSONALS REVIVED; ON THE UNITY OF THE MERCIAN SECOND FRONTING; HUGH BLAIR'S THEORY OF THE ORIGIN AND THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGICAL PRELIMINARIES TO THE STUDY OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE IN DIALECTAL ENGLISH: EVALUATING THE GRAMMARS OF BARNES AND ELWORTHY AS SOURCES OF LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE; THE TYPOLOGICAL STATUS OF OLD ENGLISH WORD-FORMATION; THE DOUBLE OBJECT CONSTRUCTION IN OLD ENGLISH
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WHERE DO EXTRATERRITORIAL ENGLISHES COME FROM?DIALECT INPUT AND RECODIFICATION IN TRANSPORTED ENGLISHESOBSOLESCENCE AND UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR; ON THE ROLE OF SOME ADVERBS IN OLD ENGLISH VERSE GRAMMAR; ADJECTIVAL INFLEXION RELICS AND SPEECH RHYTHM IN LATE MIDDLE AND EARLY MODERN ENGLISH; MODELLING FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION AND FUNCTION LOSS: the case of but; DATING OLD ENGLISH INSCRIPTIONS: THE LIMITS OF INFERENCE; PARADIGM ARRANGEMENT AND INFLECTIONAL HOMONYMY: OLD ENGLISH CASE; A CONTACT-UNIVERSALS ORIGIN FOR PERIPHRASTIC DO, WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF OE-CELTIC CONTACT
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A NEW KIND OF METRICAL EVIDENCE IN OLD ENGLISH POETRYTHE DEVELOPMENT OF ME Q FROM OPEN SYLLABLE LENGTHENINGIN THE WEST MIDLANDS; SOME MODERN STANDARD ENGLISH FILTERS; EXEMPLIFICATION IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH GRAMMARS INGRID TIEKEN-BOON VAN OSTADE; FROM LESS TO MORE SITUATED IN LANGUAGE: THE UNIDIRECTIONALITY OF SEMANTIC CHANGE; THE EASY-TO-PLEASE CONSTRUCTION IN OLD AND MIDDLE ENGLISH; REWORKING THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH AUXILIARIES; ON GROUNDING IN ENGLISH NARRATIVES: A DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE; AUTHOR INDEX; The series CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY (CILT) series
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-3562-7
Language:
English
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