Studies in the history of the English language VI : evidence and method in histories of English / / edited by Michael Adams, Laurel J. Brinton, R.D. Fulk

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464442903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 3-11-039502-9; 3-11-034595-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Collana: Topics in english linguistics, , 1434-3452 ; ; volume 85
• Disciplina: 420.9
• Soggetti: English language - History; English language - Grammar, Historical; 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: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Evidence and method in the historical study of English -- The development of free adjuncts in English and Dutch -- Semantic dependencies and the history of ellipsis alternation -- The phrasal verb in American English: Using corpora to track down historical trends in particle distribution, register variation, and noun collocations -- On the grammaticalization of the thing is and related issues in the history of American English -- Alfredian īo ~ ēo, reluctant function words, and Schriftbilder -- Metrical resolution, spelling, and the reconstruction of Old English syllabification -- The shortest history of vowel lengthening in English -- Vowel system restructuring in the West Midlands of England -- Style and politics in The Battle of Brunanburh and The Battle of Maldon -- Trinitarian terminology in Old English liturgical creeds -- Ælc þara þe þas min word gehierþ and þa wyrcþ ... : Psycholinguistic perspectives on early Englishes -- Complex systems and the history of the English language -- An ideological history of the English term onomatopoeia -- Name index -- Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: The relationships among data, evidence, and methodology in English ; historical linguistics are perennially vexed. This volume – which ranges chronologically from Old to Present-Day English and from manuscripts to corpora – challenges a wide variety of assumptions and practices and illustrates how diverse methods and approaches construct evidence for historical linguistic arguments from an increasingly large and diverse body of linguistic data.