1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454554203321

Titolo

Constructions and language change [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Alexander Bergs, Gabriele Diewald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2008

ISBN

1-283-39823-0

9786613398239

3-11-021175-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; 194

Altri autori (Persone)

BergsAlexander

DiewaldGabriele

Disciplina

417.7

417/.7

Soggetti

Linguistic change

Grammar, Comparative and general

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction: Constructions and Language Change -- The grammaticalization of NP of NP patterns -- Constructions and constructs:mapping a shift between predication and attribution -- Constructional idioms as products of linguistic change: the aan het + INFINITIVE construction in dutch -- Where did this future construction come from? A case study of Swedish komma att V -- Bedusted, yet not beheaded: The role of be-'s constructional properties in its conservation -- Negative verbal clause constructions in Puyuma: exploring constructional disharmony -- Borrowed rhetorical constructions as starting points for grammaticalization -- (De)grammaticalisation as a source for new constructions: the case of subject doubling in Dutch -- Syntax as a repository of historical relics -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Studies in diachronic linguistics increasingly acknowledge that linguistic change is highly context-dependent and somehow tied to constructions as linguistic units. This is the first volume to investigate the role of constructions and the potential of constructional approaches



in linguistic change. The contributions in this volume comprise both theoretical and empirical studies, all of which are accessible for a general audience. While some contributions explicitly aim at comparing and unifying concepts from both traditional grammatical theories and recent construction grammar approaches, othe

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394140803316

Autore

Woodhouse John

Titolo

Woodhouse. 1626 [[electronic resource] ] : An almanacke or prognostication for the yeere of our redemption. 1626. Being the second after the bissextile or leape yeere. Contayning sundry rules, notes and directions, necessary for most sorts of men, seruing indifferently for all this kingdome of great Britaine, but more specially for the ancient citie of Chichester, and the southerne parts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for the companie of Stationers, [1626]

Descrizione fisica

[40] p. : ill. (woodcut), tables, diagrams

Soggetti

Almanacs, English

Astrology

Ephemerides

Chichester (England) History Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title page and calender printed in red and black.

Date of publication from STC.

"VVood-house. 1626. A prognostication contayning perfect rules of the courts, both temporall and ciuill." has separate dated title page; regiser is continuous.

Signatures: [A] B C⁴.

Reproduction of original in the Worcester College Library, Oxford, England.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0121



3.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0071328

Autore

Diodorus : Siculus

Titolo

3: The library of history. Books 4.59- 8. / [Diodorus of Sicily] ; with an english translation by C. H. Oldfather

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge ; London, : Harvard university, 1993

ISBN

06-7499-375-6

Edizione

[Rist]

Descrizione fisica

433 p., [2] c. di tav. : c. geogr. ; 17 cm. - Testo greco a fronte.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Greco antico

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia