02644nam 22006373u 450 991080918700332120230807205813.00-7486-9456-010.1515/9780748694563(CKB)3710000000561665(EBL)4306140(SSID)ssj0001591597(PQKBManifestationID)16288276(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001591597(PQKBWorkID)13954228(PQKB)11692671(MiAaPQ)EBC4306140(DE-B1597)619433(DE-B1597)9780748694563(OCoLC)1302165798(EXLCZ)99371000000056166520160118d2015|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrA Historical Syntax of EnglishEdinburgh Edinburgh University Press20151 online resource (306 p.)Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - AdvancedDescription based upon print version of record.0-7486-4144-0 Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Note on data references -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nominal categories: The loss of nominal morphology -- 3 Verbal categories: The rise of the auxiliaries have and be -- 4 Verbal categories: The rise of the modal auxiliaries -- 5 Complementation -- 6 The structure of the clause -- 7 Verb-Second -- 8 Syntax and discourse -- Appendix 1 Cynewulf and Cyneheard -- Appendix 2 Beowulf -- Bibliography -- IndexThis book discusses a number of approaches to charting the major developments in the syntax of English, addressing key issues of interpretation and focus for the benefit of students of the topic.Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - AdvancedEdinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced English languageSyntaxEnglish languageHistoryPhilology & LinguisticsHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCEnglish languageSyntaxEnglish languageHistoryPhilology & LinguisticsLanguages & Literatures425HF 160rvkLos Bettelou772298Giegerich Heinz J168375AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910809187003321A Historical Syntax of English3932442UNINA