Papers from the 4th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, 10-13 April 1985 / editors, Roger Eaton [et al.].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Eaton, Roger.

Conference Name:

International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (4th : 1985 : University of Amsterdam)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 41.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar, Historical--Congresses.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Papers from the Fourth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, 10-13 April 1985.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These papers are a selection from papers presented at the 4th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Amsterdam, 1985). Most studies deal with some aspect of an earlier stage of English, though present day varieties of English are also under investigation. Many of the papers show that there is a growing interest in the question why a certain change has taken place. Furthermore, the volume contains a considerable number of papers on historical syntax.

Contents:

PAPERS from the 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on ENGLISH HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Content; PREFACE; LIST OF PARTICIPANTS; PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4th ICEH; 'I DENY THAT I'M INCAPABLE OF NOT WORKING ALL NIGHT': DIVERGENCE OF NEGATIVE STRUCTURES IN BRITISH AND INDIAN ENGLISH; 1.0. Introduction.; 1.1. British and Indian English.; 2.0. Negation in English.; 3.0. Eliciting negatives.; 3.1. Subjects.; 3.2. Procedure.; 3.3. Data and analysis.; 3.4. Results.; 3.4.1. Explicit negation in subordinate clauses; 3.5. Implicational scaling.; 4.0. Discussion.

5.0. Summary and conclusion.REFERENCES; RELATIVE WHICH IN LATE 18TH CENTURY USAGE: THE CLIFT FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX 2; REFERENCES; 'LENGTHENING OF a IN TYNESIDE ENGLISH; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE ORIGINS OF PERIPHRASTIC DO: ELLEGÅRD AND VISSER RECONSIDERED; 0. Introduction.; 1. Ellegård's account.; 2. Visser's account.; 3. Negatives and non-declaratives.; 4. A new(ish) proposal.; 5. Conclusions.; NOTES; REFERENCES; SYNCHRONIC VARIATION AND LINGUISTIC CHANGE: EVIDENCE FROM BRITISH ENGLISH DIALECTS; NOTES; REFERENCES

OLD ENGLISH INFINITIVAL COMPLEMENTS AND WEST-GERMANIC V-RAISING; 0. Introduction.; 1. Some Old English data.; 2. Verb Raising.; 2.1. Negation.; 2.2. Clitic placement.; 2.3. Word order variations.; 3. Old English infinitivals as V-raising structures.; 3.1. Clitic placement.; 3.2. Extraposition.; 3.3. Preposition stranding.; 4. Conclusions.; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE SIMPLIFICATION OF THE OLD ENGLISH STRONG NOMINAL PARADIGMS; 0. Introduction.; 2. The Data as Represented in Old English Handbooks.; 3. The Data Represented Synchvonically.

4. The Relationship between Historical and Synchronic Paradigms.4.1 Reanalysis of Stems without Surface Allomorphy.; 4.1.1 Giest, Cween and Gecynd.; 4.1.2 Feld, Duru and Hand.; 4.2 Reanalysis of Sterns with Surface Allomorphy.; 4.2.1 Ende and Wiite.; 4.2.2 Cynn and Bridd.; 4.2.3 Excursus on Freme.; 4.2.4 Gierd and Synn.; 4.2.5 Wine and Clyne.; 4.2.6. Bearu and Searu.; 5. Some Problematic Cases.; 5.1 Sunu.; 5.2 Dene.; 5.3 Here.; 5.4 Sinu.; 6. Conclusion.; NOTES; REFERENCES; VERB AND PARTICLE COMBINATIONS IN OLD AND MIDDLE ENGLISH; 0. Introduction.; NOTES; REFERENCES

THE IMPERSONAL VERB IN CONTEXT: OLD ENGLISH; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE SOUTH AFRICAN CHAIN SHIFT: ORDER OUT OF CHAOS?; 1. The Problem.; 2. The 'Atomistic' Alternative.; 3. The Chain Shift Alternative : Preliminaries.; 4. Convergence and Stabilization : The Testimony of Jeremiah Goldswain.; 5. The status of [?].; 6. Retrospect : The State of the Shift.; NOTES; APPENDIX A: THE WORD-LIST; APPENDIX B: EXTRACTS FROM GOLDSWAIN'S Chronicle; REFERENCES; OF RHYME AND REASON: SOME FOOT-GOVERNED QUANTITY CHANGES IN ENGLISH; NOTES; REFERENCES; LEXICAL VARIATIONOF EModE EXCLUSIVE ADVERBS: STYLE SWITCHING OR A CHANGE IN PROGRESS?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-31404-5

9786613314048

90-272-7977-2

OCLC:

757401380