Syntax and morphology [[electronic resource] ] : selected papers from 12 ICEHL, Glasgow, 21-26 August 2002 . Volume 1 / / edited by Christian J. Kay, Simon Horobin, Jeremy Smith

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 427
• Soggetto topico: English language - Grammar, Historical; English language - History
• Altri autori: HorobinSimon KayChristian SmithJ. J (Jeremy J.)
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ENGLISH HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS I -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Verbal -s reconsidered -- References -- Do grammars change when they leak? -- References -- Grammar change versus language change -- References -- Indefinite Pronominal Anaphora in English correspondence between 1500 and 1800 -- References -- From resultative predicate to event-modifier -- References -- Text editions -- Family values -- References -- From inventory to typology in English historical dialectology -- References -- Consumers of correctness -- References -- Accounting for vernacular features in a Scottish dialect -- References -- On MV/VM order in Beowulf -- References -- DARE and NEED in British and American present-day English -- References -- What drove DO? -- References -- The have-'perfect' in Old English -- References -- Subject index -- The Current Issues in Linguistic Theory series.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first of two volumes of papers selected from those given at the 12th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics. The second is New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics (2): Lexis and Transmission. Together the volumes provide an overview of many of the issues that are currently engaging practitioners in the field. In this volume, the primary concern is with the historical grammar of English. Some papers take a broad overview of the subject, positioning it within current advances in linguistic theory, while others deal with specific points of syntax and morphology in a historical context. There is a recurrent emphasis on data collection and analysis, with a chronological range from Old to Present Day English, and a geographical spread from Scotland to Newfoundland. Contributions from scholars around the world remind us that not only English itself but the history of English is now an international possession.
• Titolo autorizzato: Syntax and morphology
• ISBN: 1-282-16041-9; 9786612160417; 90-272-9543-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825725703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 251.