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Advances in English historical linguistics (1996) / edited by Jacek Fisiak, Marcin Krygier
Advances in English historical linguistics (1996) / edited by Jacek Fisiak, Marcin Krygier
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1998
Descrizione fisica ix, 489 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Disciplina 425
Altri autori (Persone) Fisiak, Jacek
Krygier, Marcin
Collana Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 112
Soggetto topico Lingua inglese - Grammatica storica
English language - Grammar, Historical
English language - History
ISBN 3110161516 (cloth : alk. paper)
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Double prepositions in English / Gunnar Bergh -- Motivations for producing and analyzing compounds in Wulfstan's sermons / Don Chapman -- The degrammaticalization of addressee-satisfaction conditionals in Early Modern English / Guohua Chen -- From unasecendlic to unspeakable: The role of domain structure in morphological change / Christiane Dalton-Puffer -- Anthony Huish: A 17th-century English grammarian / Roberta Facchinetti -- John Bullokar's "Termes of Art" / Maurizio Gotti -- The Dublin Vowel Shift and the historical perspective / Raymond Hickey -- On the ideological boundaries of Old English dialects / Richard M. Hogg -- The spread of-ly to present participles / Kristin Killie -- Inversion after single and multiple topics in Old English / Willem F. Koopman -- Epenthesis and Mouillierung in the explanation of i-umlaut: The rise and fall of a theory / Marcin Krygier -- On minor declarative complementizers in the history of English: The case of but / Maria Jose Lopez-Couso and Belen Mendez-Naya.
Bare and to-infinitives in Old English: Callaway revisited / Bettelou Los -- The interplay of external and internal factors in morphological restructuring: The case of you / Angelika Lutz -- The origins of long-short allomorphy in English / Donka Minkova and Robert P. Stockwell -- Modals in past counterfactual conditional protases / Rafal Molencki -- Downsizing the preterite-presents in Middle English / Stephen J. Nagle and Sara L. Sanders -- Social mobility and the decline of multiple negation in Early Modern English / Terttu Nevalainen -- The grammaticalization in Medieval English / Michiko Ogura -- Evolution theory and lexical diffusion / Mieko Ogura and William S.-Y. Wang -- On nominative case assignment in Old English / Masayuki Ohkado -- Social factors and pronominal change in the seventeenth century: The Civil-War effect? / Helena Raumolin-Brunberg -- Towards an integrated view of the development of English: Notes on causal linking / Matti Rissanen.
Problems of functional structure in some relative clauses / Aimo Seppanen -- Eighteenth-century linguistics and authorship: The cases of Dyche, Priestley, and Buchanan / Robin D. Smith -- Adverbialization and subject-modification in Old English / Toril Swan -- Standardization of English spelling: The eighteenth-century printers' contribution / Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade -- The functional relationship between rules (Old English voicing of fricatives and lengthening of vowels before homorganic clusters) / Jerzy Welna.
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Argument and rhetoric [[electronic resource] ] : adverbial connectors in the history of English / / by Ursula Lenker
Argument and rhetoric [[electronic resource] ] : adverbial connectors in the history of English / / by Ursula Lenker
Autore Lenker Ursula
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (309 p.)
Disciplina 425/.76
Collana Topics in English linguistics
Soggetto topico English language - Adverbials
English language - Connectives
English language - History
English language - Grammar, Historical
English language - Grammar
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-282-71440-6
9786612714405
3-11-021606-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. The framework -- 2. Clausal connection -- 3. The category "adverb" -- 4. Adverbs and conjunctions in earlier metalinguistic thought -- 5. Connectors in Old English -- 6. Adverbial connectors in the history of English -- 7. Adverbial connectors: morphology -- 8. Cognitive source domains -- 9. Shifting deictics in the history of English causal connection -- 10. contrast/concession -- 11. addition -- 12. transition -- 13. Perspicuity and the "New Rhetoric" -- 14. Conclusions -- Backmatter
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Lenker Ursula  
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Argument and rhetoric [[electronic resource] ] : adverbial connectors in the history of English / / by Ursula Lenker
Argument and rhetoric [[electronic resource] ] : adverbial connectors in the history of English / / by Ursula Lenker
Autore Lenker Ursula
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (309 p.)
Disciplina 425/.76
Collana Topics in English linguistics
Soggetto topico English language - Adverbials
English language - Connectives
English language - History
English language - Grammar, Historical
English language - Grammar
Soggetto non controllato English /language
historical linguistics
syntax
ISBN 1-282-71440-6
9786612714405
3-11-021606-X
Classificazione HE 140
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. The framework -- 2. Clausal connection -- 3. The category "adverb" -- 4. Adverbs and conjunctions in earlier metalinguistic thought -- 5. Connectors in Old English -- 6. Adverbial connectors in the history of English -- 7. Adverbial connectors: morphology -- 8. Cognitive source domains -- 9. Shifting deictics in the history of English causal connection -- 10. contrast/concession -- 11. addition -- 12. transition -- 13. Perspicuity and the "New Rhetoric" -- 14. Conclusions -- Backmatter
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Lenker Ursula  
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Argument and rhetoric : adverbial connectors in the history of English / / by Ursula Lenker
Argument and rhetoric : adverbial connectors in the history of English / / by Ursula Lenker
Autore Lenker Ursula
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (309 p.)
Disciplina 425/.76
Collana Topics in English linguistics
Soggetto topico English language - Adverbials
English language - Connectives
English language - History
English language - Grammar, Historical
English language - Grammar
Soggetto non controllato English /language
historical linguistics
syntax
ISBN 1-282-71440-6
9786612714405
3-11-021606-X
Classificazione HE 140
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. The framework -- 2. Clausal connection -- 3. The category "adverb" -- 4. Adverbs and conjunctions in earlier metalinguistic thought -- 5. Connectors in Old English -- 6. Adverbial connectors in the history of English -- 7. Adverbial connectors: morphology -- 8. Cognitive source domains -- 9. Shifting deictics in the history of English causal connection -- 10. contrast/concession -- 11. addition -- 12. transition -- 13. Perspicuity and the "New Rhetoric" -- 14. Conclusions -- Backmatter
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Lenker Ursula  
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Categorization in the history of English [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christian J. Kay, Jeremy J. Smith
Categorization in the history of English [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christian J. Kay, Jeremy J. Smith
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia [Pa.], : John Benjamins Pub., c2004
Descrizione fisica viii, 268 p. : ill., maps
Disciplina 415
Altri autori (Persone) KayChristian
SmithJ. J (Jeremy J.)
Collana Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory
Soggetto topico English language - Grammatical categories
English language - Grammar, Historical
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 90-272-8540-3
9786613092465
1-283-09246-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910457260303321
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Categorization in the history of English / edited by Christian J. Kay, Jeremy J. Smith
Categorization in the history of English / edited by Christian J. Kay, Jeremy J. Smith
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2004.
Descrizione fisica viii, 268 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Disciplina 415
Altri autori (Persone) Kay, Christian
Smith, J. J. (Jeremy J.)
Altri autori (Convegni) Symposium on Classification and Categorization (1999 : Institute for the Historical Study of Language)
Collana Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 261
Soggetto topico English language - Grammatical categories
Lingua inglese - Grammatica storica
English language - Grammar, Historical
ISBN 1588116190 (alk. paper)
9027247757 (Eur.)
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
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Categorization in the history of English [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christian J. Kay, Jeremy J. Smith
Categorization in the history of English [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christian J. Kay, Jeremy J. Smith
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia [Pa.], : John Benjamins Pub., c2004
Descrizione fisica viii, 268 p. : ill., maps
Disciplina 415
Altri autori (Persone) KayChristian
SmithJ. J (Jeremy J.)
Collana Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory
Soggetto topico English language - Grammatical categories
English language - Grammar, Historical
ISBN 90-272-8540-3
9786613092465
1-283-09246-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910781390503321
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Categorization in the history of English / / edited by Christian J. Kay, Jeremy J. Smith
Categorization in the history of English / / edited by Christian J. Kay, Jeremy J. Smith
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia [Pa.], : John Benjamins Pub., c2004
Descrizione fisica viii, 268 p. : ill., maps
Disciplina 415
Altri autori (Persone) KayChristian
SmithJ. J (Jeremy J.)
Collana Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory
Soggetto topico English language - Grammatical categories
English language - Grammar, Historical
ISBN 90-272-8540-3
9786613092465
1-283-09246-8
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Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto CATEGORIZATION IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- PREFACE -- THE RHINOCEROS'S PROBLEM THE NEED TO CATEGORIZE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Checklist challenges (early 1970s) -- 3. Birdy birds: prototype theory (mid-late 1970s) -- 4. Knives and forks: lexical complexity (1980s) -- 5. Wimps: collocation and co-occurrence (early 1990s) -- 6. Absolute disasters: polysemy (late 1990s) -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- PROTOTYPES AND FOCI IN THE ENCODING OF COLOUR -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Berlin and Kay -- 3. Kay -- 4. Kay and McDaniel -- 5. Rosch -- 6. Wierzbicka -- 7. Polish-Swedish Research -- 8. MacLaury -- 9. Conclusion -- References -- THE NOTIONAL STRUCTURE OF THESAURUSES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The overall structure of thesauruses -- 3. Where in a scheme are certain concepts found? -- 3.1 Marriage -- 3.2 Laughing/laughter -- 3.3 Discussion -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- WHEN IGNORANCE IS WISDOM SOME DAY-TO-DAY PROBLEMS OF CLASSIFICATION -- 1. The Historical Thesaurus of English -- 2. The urge to classify -- 3. Folk taxonomies -- 4. Some problem cases -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- CDs, PETTICOATS, SKIRTS, ANKAS, TAMARAS AND SHEILAS THE METONYMICAL RISE OF LEXICAL CATEGORIES RELATED TO THE CONCEPTUAL CATEGORY FEMALE HUMAN BEING -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Setting metonymy in a cognitive milieu -- 3. Metonymy -- 4. CLOTHES and FEMALE HUMAN BEING -- 5. Personal Names and FEMALE HUMAN BEING -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDIEVAL TEXTS -- 1. Linguistic archaeology -- 1.1 Stemmatology -- 1.2 Dialectal stratification -- 2. Applications -- 2.1 Earlier studies based on LALME data -- 2.2 A Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English (LAEME) -- 3. Methodology -- 3.1 Definitions- 'item', 'form' and 'feature' -- 3.2 The fit'-technique.
3.3 Potential problems of fitting by hand -- 3.4 Automated fitting -- 4. A worked example -- 4.1 Criteria for selection -- 4.2 The chosen scribe -- 4.3 Identifying a copyist's own linguistic usage -- 4.4 The Misyn texts and their exemplar -- 4.5. The linguistic archaeology of Scribe B's texts -- 5. Results -- 5.1 Scribe B 's usage as defined by changes to his copies of the Corpus versions of the Misyn texts -- 5.2 Scribe B's own usage defined by forms and features common to most of his texts -- 5.3 Fitting the assemblages -- 6. Results -- 6.1 The provenance of Scribe B. -- 6.2 Non-B usage in the Misyn texts and CCCO 236. -- 6.3 Fitting the non-Scribe B assemblages of the non-Misyn texts -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- TEXTS AS LINGUISTIC OBJECTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A central problem: reflections on noncommunication and method -- 3. Why texts may not be utterances -- 4. The decidability problem -- References -- ANGER IN POLISH AND ENGLISH A SEMANTIC COMPARISON WITH SOME HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The study -- 3. The structure of the category of ANGER in Polish and English -- 4. Looking back at the centre of ANGER in Polish and English -- 5. Aspectual attributes of 'gniew', 'zlość', 'anger' and 'wrath': the resultsof textual analysis -- 6. Some recapitulative questions -- References -- FOLK CLASSIFICATION IN THE HTE 'PLANTS' CATEGORY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Classification in the HTE -- 3. Scientific classification -- 4. Folk classification -- 5. Fuzzy boundaries -- 6. Classification methodology -- 7. Supplementary cultural information sources -- 8. Various issues arising in folk classification -- 8.1 Issues surrounding referent identity -- 8.2 Multiple identity -- 8.3 Issues surrounding synonymy -- 8.4 Other cognitive problems -- 9. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- THE VOCABULARY OF PAIN.
1. Introduction -- 2. Cognitive semantics and the vocabulary of PAIN -- 3. The conceptualization of pain -- 4. A Historical Sketch of the vocabulary of PAIN in English -- 4.1 The Old English vocabulary: general terms -- 4.2 OE words for extreme pain -- 4.3 Old English words for sharp/punctual pain -- 5. Changes in Middle English -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The native words -- 5.3 The French words -- 5.4 Overview -- 6. Early Modern English -- 7. Present-day English -- 8. Outlook -- References -- CLASSIFYING THE VOWELS OF MIDDLE ENGLISH -- 1. Classification and the history of English sounds -- 2. Jordan's Handbuch der mittelenglischen Grammatik (1925) -- 3. Aitken's The Older Scots Vowels (2002) -- 4. Applying Aitken's scheme to accents of Middle English -- 5. Vowel 4 (1): distribution -- 6. Vowel 4 (2): the raising and rounding of Vowel 4b -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- CATEGORIES AND TAXONOMIES A COGNITIVE APPROACH TO LEXICOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Categories -- 3. Taxonomies -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- INDEX -- Thr series Current Issues in Linguistic Theory.
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Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; ; Philadelphia [Pa.], : John Benjamins Pub., c2004
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Comparative studies in early Germanic languages : with a focus on verbal categories / / edited by Gabriele Diewald, Leibniz University Hannover ; Leena Kahlas-Tarkka, University of Helsinki ; Ilse Wischer, University of Potsdam
Comparative studies in early Germanic languages : with a focus on verbal categories / / edited by Gabriele Diewald, Leibniz University Hannover ; Leena Kahlas-Tarkka, University of Helsinki ; Ilse Wischer, University of Potsdam
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (324 p.)
Disciplina 429/.56
Altri autori (Persone) DiewaldGabriele
Kahlas-TarkkaLeena
WischerIlse <1959->
Collana Studies in language companion series
Soggetto topico English language - Grammar, Comparative
English language - Grammar, Historical
Germanic languages - Grammar, Comparative
Germanic languages - Grammar, Historical
Grammar, Comparative and general - Grammaticalization
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 90-272-7145-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Comparative Studies in Early Germanic Languages; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Verbal categories and their diachronic development in Old English and Old High German; 2. Grammaticalisation, comparative diachronic linguistics and socio-cultural/philological aspects; 3. Historical comparative corpus studies; 4. The verbal categories studied in this volume; 5. Summary and outlook; References; *haitan in Gothic and Old English; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 2.1 Corpora and data collection; 3. Results
3.1 Functions of Gothic haitan and Old English hātan3.1.1 Gothic; 3.1.2 Early Old English; 3.1.3 Late Old English; 3.1.4 Comparison of Gothic and Early and Late Old English; 3.2 Competitors of haitan in Gothic; 4. Discussion and conclusion; Appendix; Early Old English Texts; Late Old English Texts; References; Incipient Grammaticalisation; 1. Introduction; 2. Problems with the traditional view of an Old High German and Old English passive; 2.1 Old High German; 2.2 Old English; 3. Theoretical considerations for the interpretation of constructions with the past participle in English and German
3.1 The copulas: OHG sīn/wesan and werdan, OE s-copula and weorðan3.2 Past participle; 3.3 Constructions with the past participle; 3.3.1 Constructions with stative copula: Sīn/wesan, s-copula plus past participle; 3.2.2 Constructions with inchoative copula: Werdan/weorðan plus past participle; 4. Considerations about different incipient stages of grammaticalisation of "passive" constructions in Late Old English and Old High German; 5. Conclusion and further research; References; Passive auxiliaries in English and German; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous studies; 2.1 Old English
2.2 Old High German3. A different approach: Constructional environments; 4. Bounded and unbounded language use; 4.1 Status in Present Day English and New High German; 4.2 The bounded system of Old English and its breakdown; 4.3 The bounded system of German and its grammaticalisation; 5. Convergence and divergence in the development of the English and German passive; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Corpora and data; 5.3 Clause type; 5.4 Time adverbs; 5.5 Word order; 6. Conclusion; References; Causative habban in Old English; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The structure of the paper; 1.2 The construction
1.3 The corpus studied 1.4 The causative habban instances; 1.5 Previous studies; 2. Discussion; 2.1 Diachronic and dialectal breakdown; 2.2 Syntactic properties of causative habban constructions; 2.3 Semantic properties of causative habban constructions; 2.4 An analysis of the OE instances listed as causative in Section 1.3; 2.5 A hypothesis concerning the rise of causative habban; 2.6 The triggering of the grammaticalisation process: the rise of causative habban in the light of Diewald's context-sensitive grammaticalisation scenario; 3. Final remarks; References; Remembering ( ge)munan
1. Introduction
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Comparative studies in early Germanic languages : with a focus on verbal categories / / edited by Gabriele Diewald, Leibniz University Hannover ; Leena Kahlas-Tarkka, University of Helsinki ; Ilse Wischer, University of Potsdam
Comparative studies in early Germanic languages : with a focus on verbal categories / / edited by Gabriele Diewald, Leibniz University Hannover ; Leena Kahlas-Tarkka, University of Helsinki ; Ilse Wischer, University of Potsdam
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (324 p.)
Disciplina 429/.56
Altri autori (Persone) DiewaldGabriele
Kahlas-TarkkaLeena
WischerIlse <1959->
Collana Studies in language companion series
Soggetto topico English language - Grammar, Comparative
English language - Grammar, Historical
Germanic languages - Grammar, Comparative
Germanic languages - Grammar, Historical
Grammar, Comparative and general - Grammaticalization
ISBN 90-272-7145-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Comparative Studies in Early Germanic Languages; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Verbal categories and their diachronic development in Old English and Old High German; 2. Grammaticalisation, comparative diachronic linguistics and socio-cultural/philological aspects; 3. Historical comparative corpus studies; 4. The verbal categories studied in this volume; 5. Summary and outlook; References; *haitan in Gothic and Old English; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 2.1 Corpora and data collection; 3. Results
3.1 Functions of Gothic haitan and Old English hātan3.1.1 Gothic; 3.1.2 Early Old English; 3.1.3 Late Old English; 3.1.4 Comparison of Gothic and Early and Late Old English; 3.2 Competitors of haitan in Gothic; 4. Discussion and conclusion; Appendix; Early Old English Texts; Late Old English Texts; References; Incipient Grammaticalisation; 1. Introduction; 2. Problems with the traditional view of an Old High German and Old English passive; 2.1 Old High German; 2.2 Old English; 3. Theoretical considerations for the interpretation of constructions with the past participle in English and German
3.1 The copulas: OHG sīn/wesan and werdan, OE s-copula and weorðan3.2 Past participle; 3.3 Constructions with the past participle; 3.3.1 Constructions with stative copula: Sīn/wesan, s-copula plus past participle; 3.2.2 Constructions with inchoative copula: Werdan/weorðan plus past participle; 4. Considerations about different incipient stages of grammaticalisation of "passive" constructions in Late Old English and Old High German; 5. Conclusion and further research; References; Passive auxiliaries in English and German; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous studies; 2.1 Old English
2.2 Old High German3. A different approach: Constructional environments; 4. Bounded and unbounded language use; 4.1 Status in Present Day English and New High German; 4.2 The bounded system of Old English and its breakdown; 4.3 The bounded system of German and its grammaticalisation; 5. Convergence and divergence in the development of the English and German passive; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Corpora and data; 5.3 Clause type; 5.4 Time adverbs; 5.5 Word order; 6. Conclusion; References; Causative habban in Old English; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The structure of the paper; 1.2 The construction
1.3 The corpus studied 1.4 The causative habban instances; 1.5 Previous studies; 2. Discussion; 2.1 Diachronic and dialectal breakdown; 2.2 Syntactic properties of causative habban constructions; 2.3 Semantic properties of causative habban constructions; 2.4 An analysis of the OE instances listed as causative in Section 1.3; 2.5 A hypothesis concerning the rise of causative habban; 2.6 The triggering of the grammaticalisation process: the rise of causative habban in the light of Diewald's context-sensitive grammaticalisation scenario; 3. Final remarks; References; Remembering ( ge)munan
1. Introduction
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