UID:
almafu_9959233099402883
Format:
1 online resource (579 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2011
ISBN:
3-11-081469-2
Series Statement:
Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 31
Content:
No detailed description available for "Generative Theory and Corpus Studies".
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front matter --
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Preface /
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Contents --
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1. Structure --
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1.1. Continuity versus discontinuity --
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Obsolescence and sudden death in syntax: The decline of verb-final order in early Middle English /
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On the history of relative that /
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The complementation of verbs of appearance by adverbs /
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On the use of current intuition as a bias in historical linguistics: The case of the LOOK + -ly construction in English /
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The indefinite pronoun man: "nominal" or "pronominal"? /
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1.2. Form and function --
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Coordinate deletion, directionality and underlying structure in Old English /
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The position of the adjective in Old English /
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On the history of the s-genitive /
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The passive as an object foregrounding device in early Modern English /
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Reinforcing adjectives: A cognitive semantic perspective on grammaticalisation /
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2. Text types --
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Variation and change: Text types and the modelling of syntactic change /
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The progressive form and genre variation during the nineteenth century /
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The conjunction and in early Modern English: Frequencies and uses in speech-related writing and other texts /
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3. Sociolinguistics and dialectology --
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Processes of supralocalisation and the rise of Standard English in the early Modern period /
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The rise and fall of periphrastic DO in early Modern English, or "Howe the Scots will declare themselv 's" /
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Grammatical description and language use in the seventeenth century /
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Geographical, socio-spatial and systemic distance in the spread of the relative who in Scots /
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Inversion in embedded questions in some regional varieties of English /
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Putting words in their place: An approach to Middle English word geography /
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4. Phonology --
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HappY-tensing: A recent innovation? /
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Syllable ONSET in the history of English /
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Name index --
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Subject index
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-016687-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
DOI:
10.1515/9783110814699
