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Author : Olga Fischer,Hendrik De Smet,Wim van der Wurff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521768580
An accessible, up-to-date account of the major changes in English syntax since its beginnings up to the present day.
Author : Mats Rydén
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : English language
ISBN : UOM:39015004114925
Author : Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Publisher : New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1972-01-01
Category : English language
ISBN : 0030796008
Author : Hubert Cuyckens,Hendrik De Smet,Liesbet Heyvaert,Charlotte Maekelberghe
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027263841
The papers in this volume cover a wide range of interrelated syntactic phenomena, from the history of core arguments, to complements and non-finite clauses, elements in the clause periphery, as well as elements with potential scope over complete sentences and even larger discourse chunks. In one way or another, however, they all testify to an increasing awareness that even some of the most central phenomena of syntax – and the way they develop over time – are best understood by taking into account their communicative functions and the way they are processed and represented by speakers’ cognitive apparatus. In doing so, they show that historical syntax, and historical linguistics in general, is witnessing a convergence between formerly distinct linguistic frameworks and traditions. With this fusion of traditions, the trend is undeniably towards a richer and more broadly informed understanding of syntactic change and the history of English. This volume will be of great interest to scholars of (English) historical syntax and historical linguistics within the cognitive-linguistic as well as the generative tradition.
Author : Olga Fischer,Ans van Kemenade,Willem Koopman,Wim van der Wurff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521556260
This book is a guide to the development of English syntax between the Old and Modern periods. Beginning with an overview of the main features of early English syntax, it gives a unified account of the significant grammatical changes that occurred during this period. Four leading experts demonstrate how these changes can be explained in terms of grammatical theory and the theory of language acquisition. Drawing on a wealth of empirical data, the book covers a wide range of topics including changes in word order, infinitival constructions and grammaticalization processes.
Author : David Denison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317887690
This study brings together many of the resources needed for the exploration of English historical syntax and deals with many of the important changes in English sentence structure from Old English to present. It also features a survey of published research from both classical and modern linguistic traditions, as well as new research by the author. Provides guidance on methodology, important reference materials, and the general history of the English language.
Author : Museo Di Roma
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004531369
Frederik Theodor Visser's An Historical Syntax of the English Language, published in four massive volumes between 1963 and 1973, is certainly one of the cornerstones of research in English linguistics. Visser's achievements can hardly be overestimated. Before the advent of modern corpus linguistics, he compiled a remarkable wealth of detailed philological data from all periods of English and combined this with current grammatical analyses of his time. This has made this publications an indispensable resource for anyone investigating the history of English syntax. This reproduction of Visser's volumes is more than welcome, and timely, as the volumes have been out of print for quite some time and were sometimes a little bit difficult to navigate. Having a searchable and easy-to-use online version, although maybe not perfect, available now means a revival for scholarship that celebrates its fiftieth birthday without losing any of its relevance.
Author : Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:991774958
Author : Elly van Gelderen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027270436
The English language in its complex shapes and forms changes fast. This thoroughly revised edition has been refreshed with current examples of change and has been updated regarding archeological research. Most suggestions brought up by users and reviewers have been incorporated, for instance, a family tree for Germanic has been added, Celtic influence is highlighted much more, there is more on the origin of Chancery English, and internal and external change are discussed in much greater detail. The philosophy of the revised book remains the same with an emphasis on the linguistic history and on using authentic texts. My audience remains undergraduates (and beginning graduates). The goals of the class and the book are to come to recognize English from various time periods, to be able to read each stage with a glossary, to get an understanding of typical language change, internal and external, and to understand something about language typology through the emphasis on the change from synthetic to analytic. This book has a companion website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/z.183.website
Author : Dieter Kastovsky
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110863314
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies, which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics. For further publications in English linguistics see also our Dialects of English book series. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher.
Author : Matti Rissanen,Ossi Ihalainen,Terttu Nevalainen,Irma Taavitsainen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 813 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110877007
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.
Author : Richard Hogg,David Denison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139451291
The history and development of English, from the earliest known writings to its status today as a dominant world language, is a subject of major importance to linguists and historians. In this book, a team of international experts cover the entire recorded history of the English language, outlining its development over fifteen centuries. With an emphasis on more recent periods, every key stage in the history of the language is covered, with full accounts of standardisation, names, the distribution of English in Britain and North America, and its global spread. New historical surveys of the crucial aspects of the language are presented, and historical changes that have affected English are treated as a continuing process, helping to explain the shape of the language today. This complete and up-to-date history of English will be indispensable to all advanced students, scholars and teachers in this prominent field.
Author : Anneli Meurman-Solin,Maria Jose Lopez-Couso,Bettelou Los
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199938483
Information Structure and Syntactic Change in the History of English is the first book to apply information structure as it relates to language change to a corpus-based analysis of a wide range of features in the evolution of English syntax and grammars of prose in long diachrony.
Author : Tauno F. Mustanoja
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266385
For a good orientation into the history of English grammar, several books are indispensable. One of those is Mustanoja’s A Middle English Syntax. However, for a long time this work was not readily available; the present edition changes that. This is a fac simile reprint from the 1960 publication which appeared as volume XXIII in ‘Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique de Helsinki’, with a new Introduction by Elly van Gelderen. Compared to Old English, Middle English has fewer grammars and textbooks devoted to it. This book provides an interesting supplement by going deeper into certain questions and, especially, into exceptions. The book points out differences with Old English and certain peculiarities of the Middle English system. It was originally written for students of Middle English literature but serves a linguist well in detailed descriptions of the parts of speech, the use of the various cases, gender, and number. Word order, complex sentences, and conjunctions were meant to be dealt with in a second volume, which was never published.
Author : Leon Kellner
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1290893365
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.