1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466099103321

Titolo

Studies in the history of the English language VII : generalizing vs. particularizing methodologies in historical linguistic analysis / / edited by Don Chapman, Colette Moore, Miranda Wilcox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

3-11-049174-5

3-11-049423-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 pages)

Collana

Topics in English Linguistics, , 1434-3452 ; ; Volume 94

Classificazione

HE 200

Disciplina

420.9

Soggetti

English language - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- A philological tour of HEL -- From stop-fricative clusters to contour segments in Old English -- On the regrettable dichotomy between philology and linguistics: Historical lexicography and historical linguistics as test cases -- The history of the English language and the history of English literature -- “Of harmes two, the lesse is for to chese”: An integrated OT-Maxent approach to syntactic inversions in Chaucer’s verse -- The effect of representativeness and size in historical corpora: An empirical study of changes in lexical frequency -- Seeing is believing: Evidentiality and direct visual perception verbs in Early Modern English witness depositions -- Sincerity and the moral reanalysis of politeness in Late Modern English: Semantic change and contingent polysemy -- Something to write home about: Socialnetwork maintenance in the correspondence of nineteenth-century Scottish emigrants -- Words swimming in sound change -- Plural marking in the Old and Middle English nd-stems feond and freond -- From Shakespeare to Present-Day American English: The survival of ‘get + (XP) + gone’ constructions -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks at how historical linguists accommodate the written



records used for evidence. The limitations of the written record restrict our view of the past and the conclusions that we can draw about its language. However, the same limitations force us to be aware of the particularities of language. This collection blends the philological with the linguistic, combining questions of the particular with generalizations about language change.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155583003321

Autore

Bly Robert

Titolo

W.b. yeats and his father : The development of personality in men. / / Robert Bly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Solon, : Better Listen, 2016

ISBN

1-61544-848-9

Edizione

[Unabridged.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (7 audio files) : digital

Classificazione

FAM000000PSY000000

Altri autori (Persone)

BlyRobert

Soggetti

Nonfiction

Family & Relationships

Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Audiolibro

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Unabridged.

Sommario/riassunto

These broadcast quality archival recordings have been edited down into an amazing journey led by one of the great and entertaining American thinkers in recent history. Robert explores the poetry of Yeats and goes deep into his biography to help bring to light the inspirations of his great works. Part english/history lesson, part poetry reading and a deep exploration into the personality of men, this never before released program will be a treasure for long-time fans of Robert, fans of W.B. Yeats and folks new to Robert and his timeless performances.