04365nam 2200613 a 450 991045744240332120200520144314.01-283-31579-3978661331579390-272-7625-0(CKB)2550000000064059(EBL)794785(OCoLC)759101575(SSID)ssj0000993108(PQKBManifestationID)11565656(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000993108(PQKBWorkID)10949893(PQKB)11322801(MiAaPQ)EBC794785(Au-PeEL)EBL794785(CaPaEBR)ebr10509640(EXLCZ)99255000000006405919960125d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnglish 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 BrittonAmsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjaminsc19961 online resource (411 p.)Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,0304-0763 ;v. 135Description based upon print version of record.90-272-3639-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 NothingSnowball 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 EvaluationVerbal 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 TERMSThis 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.Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.Series IV,Current issues in linguistic theory ;v. 135.English languageGrammar, HistoricalCongressesEnglish languageHistoryCongressesElectronic books.English languageGrammar, HistoricalEnglish languageHistory425Britton Derek965975MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457442403321English historical linguistics 19942192194UNINA