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1 online resource (xxviii, 583 pages) |
Series |
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 65 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 65. 0304-0763
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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 |
Summary |
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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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English language -- History -- Congresses
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English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Congresses
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English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Congresses
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English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100.
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English language -- History.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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English language
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English language -- Middle English
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English language -- Old English
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Historische taalwetenschap.
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Engels.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Electronic book
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Author |
Thorne, James Peter, 1933-1988.
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Adamson, Sylvia
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LC no. |
90000681 |
ISBN |
9789027286000 |
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9027286000 |
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9786613092809 |
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6613092800 |
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1283092808 |
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9781283092807 |
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