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1 online resource (ix, 356 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Linguistics today = Linguistik aktuell,
0166-0829 ; v. 60
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 60.
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| Note |
A revision of the author's doctoral dissertation, submitted to the University of Stuttgart, 2001. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-350) and index. |
| Contents |
From OV to VO in Early Middle English; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Language abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The dialects ofMiddle English; Chapter 3 Syntactic change; Chapter 4 Word order change in EarlyMiddle English; Chapter 5 Object movement; Chapter 6 V2 and cliticisation of subject pronouns; Chapter 7 Stylistic fronting; Chapter 8 Summary and conclusions; Appendices; References; Index; The series LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY (LA). |
| Summary |
This monograph answers the question of why English changed from an OV to a VO language on the assumption that this change is due to intensive language contact with Scandinavian. It shows for the first time that the English language was much more heavily influenced by Scandinavian than assumed before, i.e., northern Early Middle English texts clearly show Scandinavian syntactic patterns like stylistic fronting that can only be found today in the Modern Scandinavian languages. Thus, it sheds new light on the force of language contact in that it shows that a language can be heavily influenced thr. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Word order.
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English language -- Middle English -- Word order. |
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English language -- Middle English. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Trips, Carola. From OV to VO in early Middle English. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 2002 (DLC) 2002034218 |
| ISBN |
9789027296276 (electronic book) |
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9027296278 (electronic book) |
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9781588113115 (U.S. ; alkaline paper) |
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1588113116 (U.S. ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027227812 (Eur.) |
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9027227810 (Eur.) |
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1588113116 (U.S. ; alkaline paper) |
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9027227810 (Eur.) |
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