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Studies in the history of the English language VI : evidence and method in histories of English / edited by Michael Adams, Laurel J. Brinton, R.D. Fulk.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Topics in English linguistics ; 85.
- Topics in english linguistics, 1434-3452 ; volume 85
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--History.
- English language.
- English language--Grammar, Historical.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Introduction: Evidence and method in the historical study of English
- The development of free adjuncts in English and Dutch
- Semantic dependencies and the history of ellipsis alternation
- The phrasal verb in American English: Using corpora to track down historical trends in particle distribution, register variation, and noun collocations
- On the grammaticalization of the thing is and related issues in the history of American English
- Alfredian īo ~ ēo, reluctant function words, and Schriftbilder
- Metrical resolution, spelling, and the reconstruction of Old English syllabification
- The shortest history of vowel lengthening in English
- Vowel system restructuring in the West Midlands of England
- Style and politics in The Battle of Brunanburh and The Battle of Maldon
- Trinitarian terminology in Old English liturgical creeds
- Ælc þara þe þas min word gehierþ and þa wyrcþ ... : Psycholinguistic perspectives on early Englishes
- Complex systems and the history of the English language
- An ideological history of the English term onomatopoeia
- Name index
- Subject index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783110395020
- 3110395029
- 9783110345957
- 3110345951
- OCLC:
- 898769701
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