Author : Michael Adams
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110345951
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Studies in the History of the English Language VI by : Michael Adams
Download or read book Studies in the History of the English Language VI written by Michael Adams and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationships among data, evidence, and methodology in English historical linguistics are perennially vexed. This volume – which ranges chronologically from Old to Present-Day English and from manuscripts to corpora – challenges a wide variety of assumptions and practices and illustrates how diverse methods and approaches construct evidence for historical linguistic arguments from an increasingly large and diverse body of linguistic data.