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English historical linguistics : historical English in contact : papers from the xxth ICEHL / edited by Bettelou Los, [and four others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; 359.
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; 359
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--History--Congresses.
- English language.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2022]
- Summary:
- "This volume drawn from the 20th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL, Edinburgh 2018) focuses on the role of language contact in the history of English. It showcases a wide variety of historical linguistic approaches, including 'big data' analyses of large corpora, dialectological methods, and the study of translated texts. It also breaks new ground by applying relevant insights from other fields, among them postcolonial linguistics and anthropology. This pluralistic approach brings new and under-studied issues within the scope of explanation, and challenges some long-held assumptions about the nature of historical change in English. The volume will be of interest to an audience interested in the history of English, and the impact of its contact with Viking Age Norse, Old French, and Latin"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prelim pages
- Table of contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Adapting the Dynamic Model to historical linguistics
- Chapter 3. An account of the use of fronting and clefting in Cornish English
- Chapter 4. How does causal connection originate?
- Chapter 5. Old Northumbrian in the Scottish Borders
- Chapter 6. From eadig to happy
- Chapter 7. Distributional changes in synonym sets
- Chapter 8. The taking off and catching on of etymological spellings in Early Modern English
- Chapter 9. Speech acts in the history of English
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789027258199
- 9027258198
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