Generative theory and corpus studies : a dialogue from 10 ICEHL / edited by Ricardo Bermúdez-Otero ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bermúdez-Otero, Ricardo, 1970-

Series:

Topics in English linguistics ; 31.

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar, Generative.

English language.

English language--Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (579 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Generative Theory and Corpus Studies".

Contents:

Front matter

Preface / Bermúdez-Otero, Ricardo / Denison, David / Hogg, Richard M. / McCully, C. B.

Contents

1. Structure

1.1. Continuity versus discontinuity

Obsolescence and sudden death in syntax: The decline of verb-final order in early Middle English / Allen, Cynthia

On the history of relative that / Seppänen, Aimo

The complementation of verbs of appearance by adverbs / Gisborne, Nikolas

On the use of current intuition as a bias in historical linguistics: The case of the LOOK + -ly construction in English / Killie, Kristin

The indefinite pronoun man: "nominal" or "pronominal"? / Bergen, Linda van

1.2. Form and function

Coordinate deletion, directionality and underlying structure in Old English / Lorido, Rodrigo Pérez

The position of the adjective in Old English / Fischer, Olga

On the history of the s-genitive / Rosenbach, Anette / Stein, Dieter / Vezzosi, Letizia

The passive as an object foregrounding device in early Modern English / Posse, Elena Seoane

Reinforcing adjectives: A cognitive semantic perspective on grammaticalisation / Paradis, Carita

2. Text types

Variation and change: Text types and the modelling of syntactic change / Wurff, Wim van der

The progressive form and genre variation during the nineteenth century / Smitterberg, Erik

The conjunction and in early Modern English: Frequencies and uses in speech-related writing and other texts / Culpeper, Jonathan / Kytö, Merja

3. Sociolinguistics and dialectology

Processes of supralocalisation and the rise of Standard English in the early Modern period / Nevalainen, Terttu

The rise and fall of periphrastic DO in early Modern English, or "Howe the Scots will declare themselv 's" / Nurmi, Arja

Grammatical description and language use in the seventeenth century / Moessner, Lilo

Geographical, socio-spatial and systemic distance in the spread of the relative who in Scots / Meurman-Solin, Anneli

Inversion in embedded questions in some regional varieties of English / Filppula, Markku

Putting words in their place: An approach to Middle English word geography / Black, Merja

4. Phonology

HappY-tensing: A recent innovation? / Beal, Joan

Syllable ONSET in the history of English / Minkova, Donka

Name index

Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110814699

3110814692

OCLC:

979763393