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Motion and the English verb : a diachronic study / Judith Huber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huber, Judith, 1981- author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in the history of English.
- Oxford studies in the history of English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Verb.
- English language.
- English language--Old English--Verb.
- English language--Middle English--Verb.
- Motion--Terminology.
- Motion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- This work is a study of how motion is expressed in medieval English. It provides extensive inventories of verbs used in intransitive motion meanings in Old and Middle English and discusses these in terms of the manner-salience of early English.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 19, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-065782-0
- 0-19-065783-9
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