English Historical Syntax

Author : David Denison
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317887697
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Historical Syntax written by David Denison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study brings together many of the resources needed for the exploration of English historical syntax and deals with many of the important changes in English sentence structure from Old English to present. It also features a survey of published research from both classical and modern linguistic traditions, as well as new research by the author. Provides guidance on methodology, important reference materials, and the general history of the English language.

Author : H. Cuyckens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789027201027
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explorations in English Historical Syntax written by H. Cuyckens and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The papers in this volume cover a wide range of interrelated syntactic phenomena, from the history of core arguments, to complements and non-finite clauses, elements in the clause periphery, as well as elements with potential scope over complete sentences and even larger discourse chunks. In one way or another, however, they all testify to an increasing awareness that even some of the most central phenomena of syntax - and the way they develop over time - are best understood by taking into account their communicative functions and the way they are processed and represented by speakers' cognitive apparatus. In doing so, they show that historical syntax, and historical linguistics in general, is witnessing a convergence between formerly distinct linguistic frameworks and traditions. With this fusion of traditions, the trend is undeniably towards a richer and more broadly informed understanding of syntactic change and the history of English. This volume will be of great interest to scholars of (English) historical syntax and historical linguistic within the cognitive-linguistic as well as the generative tradition"--

Author : Teresa Fanego
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027247315
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Historical Syntax and Morphology written by Teresa Fanego and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a selection of papers from the Eleventh International Conference on English Historical Linguistics held at the University of Santiago de Compostela. From the rich programme (over 130 papers were given during the conference), the present twelve papers were carefully selected to reflect the state of current research in the fields of English historical syntax and morphology. Some of the issues discussed are the emergence of viewpoint adverbials in English and German, changes in noun phrase structure from 1650 to the present, the development of the progressive in Scots, the passivization of composite predicates, the loss of V2 and its effects on the information structure of English, the acquisition of modal syntax and semantics by the English verb WANT, or the use of temporal adverbs as attributive adjectives in the Early Modern period. Many of the articles tackle questions of change through the use of methodological tools like computerized corpora. The theoretical frameworks adopted include, among others, grammaticalization theory, Dik's model of functional grammar, construction grammar and Government & Binding Theory.

Author : Frederik Theodor Visser
Publisher : Brill Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Historical Syntax of the English Language written by Frederik Theodor Visser and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1969 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : F.Th Visser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Historical Syntax of the English Language written by F.Th Visser and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 738 pages
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Download or read book AN HISTORICAL SYNTAX OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alice C. Harris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521478816
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective written by Alice C. Harris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-09-21 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this major new work Alice Harris and Lyle Campbell set out to establish a general framework for the investigation of linguistic change. Systematic cross-linguistic comparison of syntactic change across a wide variety of languages is used to construct hypotheses about the universals and limits of language change more generally. In particular, the authors seek to move closer towards describing the range of causes of syntactic change to develop an understanding of the mechanisms of syntactic change, and to provide an understanding of why some languages undergo certain changes and not others. The authors draw on languages as diverse as Pipil and French, Georgian and Estonian, and the data presented is one of the book's great strengths. Rigor and precision are combined here with a great breadth of scholarship to produce a unique resource for the study of linguistic change, which will be of use to scholars and students alike.

Author : Bettelou Los
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027258201
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Historical Linguistics written by Bettelou Los and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a set of articles based on papers selected from those delivered at the 20th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL, Edinburgh 2018). It focuses on cutting-edge research in the history of English, while reflecting the diversity that exists in the current landscape of English historical linguistics. Chapters showcase traditional as well as novel methodologies in historical linguistics (the latter made possible by the increasing quality and accessibility of digital tools), work on linguistic interfaces (between segmental phonology and prosody, and syntax and information structure) and work on mechanisms of language change (such as Yang’s Tolerance Principle, on the threshold for the productivity of linguistic rules in language acquisition). The volume will be of interest to those working on the historical phonology, morphology, syntax and pragmatics of English, language change, corpus linguistics, computational historical linguistics, and related sub-disciplines.

Author : Fredericus Theodorus Visser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Historical Syntax of the English Language written by Fredericus Theodorus Visser and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bettelou Los
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748694579
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Syntax of English written by Bettelou Los and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses a number of approaches to charting the major developments in the syntax of English, addressing key issues of interpretation and focus for the benefit of students of the topic.