UID:
almafu_9958355230302883
Format:
1 online resource (330p.)
ISBN:
9783110923223
Series Statement:
Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 51
Content:
The author analyzes, from a historical sociolinguistic point of view, selected domains of morphosyntactic variation in a 250,000 word collection of the Middle English Paston Letters (1421-1503). In three case studies, two nominal and one verbal variable are described and discussed in detail: the replacement of Old English ‹h-› pronouns by borrowed ‹th-› pronouns, the introduction and spread of ›wh-relativizers, and the spread and routinization of light verb constructions (take, make, give, have, do plus deverbal noun). While the author aims at a balanced integration of different approaches in sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, typology, and language change, the main focus is on social network theory and the role of the linguistic individual in the formation and change of linguistic structures.
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Frontmatter --
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Proem --
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Acknowledgements --
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Abbreviations --
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Table of contents --
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Chapter 1 Introduction --
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Chapter 2 Historical sociolinguistics --
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Chapter 3 Social network analysis – present and past --
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Chapter 4 Personal pronouns --
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Chapter 5 Relative clauses --
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Chapter 6 The light verb construction --
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Chapter 7 Conclusion: a network perspective --
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Notes --
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References --
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Author index --
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Subject index --
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Backmatter
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-018310-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110923223
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110923223
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110923223
