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Author : Laurel J. Brinton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107113640
Uniquely organized in terms of theoretical approaches, this is an advanced textbook on the study of English historical linguistics.
Author : Bettelou Los,Chris Cummins,Lisa Gotthard,Alpo Honkapohja,Benjamin Molineaux
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027258199
This volume drawn from the 20th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL, Edinburgh 2018) focuses on the role of language contact in the history of English. It showcases a wide variety of historical linguistic approaches, including ‘big data’ analyses of large corpora, dialectological methods, and the study of translated texts. It also breaks new ground by applying relevant insights from other fields, among them postcolonial linguistics and anthropology. This pluralistic approach brings new and under-studied issues within the scope of explanation, and challenges some long-held assumptions about the nature of historical change in English. The volume will be of interest to an audience interested in the history of English, and the impact of its contact with Viking Age Norse, Old French, and Latin.
Author : Bettelou Los,Claire Cowie,Patrick Honeybone,Graeme Trousdale
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027258205
This volume contains a set of articles based on papers selected from those delivered at the 20th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL, Edinburgh 2018). It focuses on cutting-edge research in the history of English, while reflecting the diversity that exists in the current landscape of English historical linguistics. Chapters showcase traditional as well as novel methodologies in historical linguistics (the latter made possible by the increasing quality and accessibility of digital tools), work on linguistic interfaces (between segmental phonology and prosody, and syntax and information structure) and work on mechanisms of language change (such as Yang’s Tolerance Principle, on the threshold for the productivity of linguistic rules in language acquisition). The volume will be of interest to those working on the historical phonology, morphology, syntax and pragmatics of English, language change, corpus linguistics, computational historical linguistics, and related sub-disciplines.
Author : Irén Heged?s,Alexandra Fodor
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027273192
The volume brings together seventeen peer-reviewed, revised papers originally presented at the 16th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 16), held in August 2010 at the University of Pécs, Hungary. This selection aims to show how theoretical and empirical approaches can be combined in the historical investigation of the English language, what insights and exact information can be obtained about language change in the history of English with the help of tools like historical corpora or with inter- and transdisciplinary methods. The volume is arranged around five thematic headings. The first discusses dialects and regional variation from the viewpoint of contact linguistics and phonological, morphological, and lexical change. The second has syntactic variation and grammaticalization as its focus. Papers on grammatical changes in nominal and pronominal constructions are presented in part three. The integration of loanwords in Middle English is discussed in part four, and the last investigates communicative intentions in historical discourse. The volume should appeal to linguists interested in historical aspects of dialect and discourse studies, historical pragmatics, contact linguistics, grammaticalization theory, corpus linguistics, and of course language change.
Author : Jacek Fisiak,Marcin Krygier
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110804072
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
Author : Alexander Bergs
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1196 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110251593
The series Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of linguistics as applied to specific languages, but also covers those more recent areas which have developed from the increasing body of research into the manifold forms of communicative action and interaction.
Author : Alexander Bergs,Laurel J. Brinton
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110251609
Author : Elly van Gelderen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 52,7 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 : Irén Heged?s,Alexandra Fodor
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027248435
The use of linguistic forms derived from the lexicon denoting sacred entities is often subject to tabooing behaviour. In the 15th and 16th century phrases like by gogges swete body or by cockes bones allowed speakers to address God without really saying the name; cf. Hock (1991: 295). The religious interjections based on the phonetically corrupt gog and cock are evidenced to have gained currency in the 16th century. In the 17th century all interjections based on religious appellations ceased to appear on stage in accordance with the regulations of the Act to Rest.
Author : Hubert Cuyckens,Hendrik De Smet,Liesbet Heyvaert,Charlotte Maekelberghe
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,6 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 : Derek Britton
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027236395
This 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.
Author : Claudia Maienborn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1173 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : English language
ISBN : 3110202204
Main description: The handbook Historical Linguistics of English offers in more than 130 articles in two volumes a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and theory neutral overview of all central aspects of the history of English. The first volume contains detailed descriptions of the individual linguistic levels, from phonology to syntax, semantics and pragmatics, for each period of the language, from Old English to Late Modern English. Moreover, the volume offers chapters on particular topics pertaining to individual periods such as the 'Great Vowel Shift', standardization, and do-periphrasis. The second volume takes on a broader perspective and addresses more theoretical concerns. It covers topics such as resources for studying and teaching the history of English, historiography, the history of the discipline itself, theoretical approaches to studying language variation and change, including recent research trends, and the history of Englishes in the twentieth century and around the world.
Author : Roger Lass
Publisher : Holt McDougal
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : English language
ISBN : UCSC:32106001568424
Author : Matti Rissanen,Ossi Ihalainen,Terttu Nevalainen,Irma Taavitsainen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 813 pages
File Size : 50,5 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 : Lyle Campbell
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0262532670
This accessible, hands-on text not only introduces students to the important topicsin historical linguistics but also shows them how to apply the methods described and how to thinkabout the issues; abundant examples and exercises allow students to focus on how to do historicallinguistics. Distinctive to this text is its integration of the standard topics with others nowconsidered important to the field, including syntactic change, grammaticalization, sociolinguisticcontributions to linguistic change, distant genetic relationships, areal linguistics, and linguisticprehistory. Examples are taken from a broad range of languages; those from the more familiarEnglish, French, German, and Spanish make the topics more accessible, while those fromnon-Indo-European languages show the depth and range of the concepts they illustrate.This secondedition features expanded explanations and examples as well as updates in light of recent work inlinguistics, including a defense of the family tree model, a response to recent claims on lexicaldiffusion/frequency, and a section on why languages diversify and spread.