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1 online resource (vii unnumbered pages, 345 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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"This volume carries the peer-reviewed, revised version of selected papers from the 16th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics held in Pécs, Hungary in 2010"--P. [vii]. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Table of contents; foreword and acknowledgements; introduction -- periphrasis, replacement and renewal; part i -- patterns and models of replacement; what are 'grammatical periphrases'?; morphological productivity as a trigger of the þurfan / need replacement; aspectual loss and renewal; litteral substitution sets in mss of the man of law's tale; part ii -- syntactic and semantic variation and change; syntactic and semantic variation; v-1 main declarative clauses in old english and old high german biblical translations; the grammaticalization of old english whether in the left periphery. |
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The loss of lexical case in the history of englishmodal adjectives in the history of english; part iii -- adverbials and particles; adverbials in the history of english; the historical development of no sooner ... than and its semantic changes; a turn of the screw in the semantics of phrasal verbs; part iv -- functional and regional variation in discourse and vocabulary; discourse strategies in margery kempe's descriptions of her pilgrimages; diverging registers of the disciplines medicine and science; white kennett's etymological collections of english words and provincial expressions. |
| Summary |
The contributions to this volume smoothly blend synchronic theory and diachronic investigations, and thus offer novel observations about the historical evolution of the English language from various theoretical angles (such as minimalist theory, formal semantics, recent theories on productivity, and various discourse models). By offering new vantage points and improved frameworks for the study of Present-Day English, the papers also provide solutions to problems that have been persistently pr ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English language -- History -- Congresses.
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English language. |
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History. |
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English language -- Grammar, Historical -- Congresses.
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English language -- Grammar, Historical. |
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English language -- Variation -- Congresses.
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English language -- Variation. |
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Hegedűs, Irén.
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Pődör, Dóra.
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| Added Title |
Studies in English historical linguistics |
| Other Form: |
Print version: International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (16th : 2010 : Pécs, Hungary). Periphrasis, replacement and renewal 1443844233 (OCoLC)828620828 |
| ISBN |
9781443866507 (electronic book) |
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1443866504 (electronic book) |
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1443844233 |
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9781443844239 |
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