The semantics of syntactic change : aspects of the evolution of do in English / Dieter Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Dieter, 1946-

Series:

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Do (The English word).

English language--Syntax.

English language.

English language--Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. The series considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

List of abbreviations

Chapter One Introduction

Chapter Two Do up to the fifteenth century

Chapter Three Do and discourse structure

Chapter Four Syntax and style in the sixteenth century

Chapter Five The semantics of do in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries

Chapter Six Unity and diversity: style, dialect and the semantics of do before 1600

Chapter Seven Do in the Shakespeare Corpus

Chapter Eight Do in questions in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: The statistical evidence

Chapter Nine The mechanics of generalization

Chapter Ten Third singular morphology and syntax

Chapter Eleven Subjunctive

Chapter Twelve Wh questions

Chapter Thirteen Natural and social aspects

Conclusion

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3 (Chapters 7 & 8)

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-442) and index.

ISBN:

9783110846829

3110846829

OCLC:

922945451