Keys to the history of English : diachronic linguistic change, morpho-syntax and lexicography, selected papers from the 21st ICEHL / edited by Thijs Porck, Moragh S. Gordon, and Luisella Caon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Porck, Thijs, editor.

Gordon, Moragh S., editor.

Caon, Luisella, editor.

Series:

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory Series

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory Series ; v.363

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic change.

Philology--Punctuation.

Philology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages) : color illustrations.

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2024.

Summary:

The contributions in this volume deal with various aspects of English language across time and geographical space, shedding light on both long-term developments and singular documents of particular linguistic interest. A wide range of methodologies are represented, including corpus linguistics, acoustic phonology and philology.

Contents:

Intro

Table of contents

Foreword

Introduction

1. Introduction

2. Syntax and word order

3. Diachronic linguistic change

4. Lexicography and lexis

5. Conclusion

Bibliography

Part I Syntax and word order

Parataxis and hypotaxis in the history of English

2. Does finite clausal complementation emerge from juxtaposition?

2.1 That-complementation in English and clause fusion

2.2 That-complementation in English

2.3 That-complementation in English

3. Do subordinate clauses become more frequent over the history of English?

3.1 Frequency of clause types

3.2 Frequency of clause types

3.3 Frequency of clause types

4. Summary and conclusion

Acknowledgments

References

Two types of left-dislocation in Old English

2. Methodology and the data

3. Discussion

3.1 Property A

3.2 Property B

3.3 Property C

4. Conclusions

Subject-verb agreement and the rise of do-support in the period of anglicisation of Scots

2. Background

2.1 The origin and anglicisation of Scots

2.2 Do-support

2.3 The Northern Subject Rule

2.4 The NSR and do-support in Scots

3. Hypothesis

4. Methodology

4.1 Corpus

4.2 Retrieving results

4.3 Retrieving results

5. Results

5.1 The NSR in the PCSC

5.2 Do-support in the PCSC

6. Discussion and conclusion

Part II Diachronic linguistic change

A modern light on diachronic processes affecting coda /l/ in English

2. Laterals

3. Historical and PDE changes affecting coda laterals

3.1 Diphthong formation

3.2 Lengthening of pre-lateral vowels

3.3 Vocalisation and loss of coda lateral

3.4 Summary

4. Explaining the developments of coda laterals

4.1 Diphthong formation.

4.2 Lengthening of pre-lateral vowels

4.3 Vocalisation and loss of coda laterals

Acknowledgements

Modality and the English subjunctive in noun clauses

2. Data and research method3

3. Diachronic analysis of subjunctive use

3.1 The non-fact vs fact model of modality

3.2 The root vs. epistemic model of modality

3.3 The modality of periphrastic expressions

4. Summary

Some philological implications of punctuation in editions of Middle English texts

1. Introduction1

2. A brief history of punctuation

3. Modernised punctuation

4. Method and materials

5.1 Punctuation in use

5.2 Removals, additions, and correspondences

5.3 Correspondences in translation

5.4 Sentence-external marks

6. Conclusions

Part III Lexicography and lexis

The unfinished double glosses in Durham Cathedral Library, MS A.iv.19

1.1 Incomplete Multiple Glosses in Li. and Durham, MS A.iv.19

2. Remedial glosses in Li.

3. Remedial glosses in Durham, MS A.iv.19

4. Vel as caveat lector

5. Vel and the vacant slots

6. Potential alternatives for unfinished glosses

7. Conclusion

Funding

Appendix. Unfinished double glosses in Durham, MS A.iv.19

Early modern manuscripts containing Old English dictionaries in England and northern Germany

2. Changing research interests from the 16th to the 18th centuries

3. Creating a dictionary of Old English in the early modern period

4. Lindenbrog's treatment of the contents of J/P 15 and J/P 16

5. The northern German copies

6. Markings in the manuscript dictionaries5

6.1 Re-ordering markers

6.2 Combination and separation markers

6.3 Marginal 'x'

6.4 Underlining

6.5 Asterisk.

7. Conclusion

Appendix. Overviews of marked entries in the northern German copies

Loss of wiþer-words in English

2. Aims

3. Data

5. Old English lexemes

6. Middle English

7. Causes of the loss of wiþer-words

8. Conclusions

Investigating the dynamics of the lexicon

2. Previous studies on the impact of Yiddish on English

3. Methodology

4. Types of loan influences

5. Subject areas influenced by Yiddish over the centuries

5.1 Discussion of the results

6. Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on April 9, 2024).

Includes bibliographic references and index.

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