English historical linguistics 1994 [[electronic resource] ] : papers from the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (8. ICEHL, Edinburgh, 19-23 September 1994) / / edited by Derek Britton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457442403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1996
• ISBN: 1-283-31579-3; 9786613315793; 90-272-7625-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 135
• Altri autori (Persone): BrittonDerek
• Disciplina: 425
• Soggetti: English language - Grammar, Historical; English language - History; 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 indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ENGLISH HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 1994; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; FOREWORD; Table of contents; 1. PHONOLOGY; Tertiary stress in Old English:Some reflections on explanatory inadequacy; Verse Structure as Evidence for ProsodicReconstruction in Old English; On the Syllable Weight of -VC# in Old English:A Metrical Perspective; Old English Short Diphthongs and the Theory ofGlide Emergence; On the Use of the Past to Explain the Present:The History of /r/ in English and Scots.; 2. MORPHOLOGY; Verbal Derivation in English: A Historical SurveyOrMuch Ado About Nothing; Snowball Effect in Lexical DiffusionThe Development of -s in the Third Person SingularPresent Indicative in EnglishThe 3rd Plural Present Indicative in Early ModernEnglish - Variation and Linguistic Contact; Morphological Standardization:The Strong Verbs in Scots; 3. LEXIS; Scandinavian Loans and Processes of Word-Formationin ME: Some Preliminary Considerations; Towards Syntactic Isomorphism and SemanticDissimilation: The Semantics and Syntax ofProspective Verbs in Early Modern English; 4. SYNTAX; Evidence for Clitic Adverbs in Old EnglishAn Evaluation; Verbal Complementation in Early ME:How Do The Infinitives Fit In?A Look at That/Zero Variation in Restoration English; The Case of the Unmarked Pronoun; 5. SOCIOHISTORICAL LINGUISTICS; Social Stratification in Tudor English?; Social Network Theoryand Eighteenth-Century EnglishThe Case of Boswell; Eighteenth-Century Normative Grammar in PracticeThe Case of Captain Cook; The Jocks and the Geordies: Modified Standards inEighteenth-Century Pronouncing Dictionaries; 6. INDEXES; INDEX OF PERSONS; INDEX OF CONCEPTS AND TERMS
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume offers a selection of 19 papers from those read at the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics in Edinburgh. Many of the writers are established authorities in the field, but there are also significant contributions from a younger generation of scholars. The topics discussed span the whole history of English from the Common Germanic period to the present century and the book also includes, as appropriate to the Conference venue, a number of papers on aspects of the historical development of Scots and Scottish English.