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UNINA9910808879203321 |
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Titolo |
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 |
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Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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3-11-039502-9 |
3-11-034595-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Collana |
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Topics in english linguistics, , 1434-3452 ; ; volume 85 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - History |
English language - Grammar, Historical |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The relationships among data, evidence, and methodology in English historical linguistics are perennially vexed. This volume – which ranges |
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