The Development Of Word Order Patterns In Old English

Author : Marian C. Bean
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0389203564

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The Development of Word Order Patterns in Old English by Marian C. Bean Pdf

The major focus of this book involves the testing of theories of word order change with data on change in Old English. The data are drawn from such sources as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and from the work of other scholars in Old English and historical linguistics. The book provides support for the ideas of earlier linguists such as Sapir, and will represent a major study for those working in Old English and historical linguistics. Contents: Introduction; Natural Word Order Types and Natural Word Order Change; Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Germanic Word Order Patterns; Order of Major Elements in Main Clauses in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; Word Order Patterns in Conjunct, Relative and Subordinate Clauses; Further Studies in Old English Word Order; Conclusions.^R

Author : Laurel J. Brinton
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1588110648

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Historical Linguistics 1999 by Laurel J. Brinton Pdf

This is a selection of papers from the 14th International Conference on Historical Linguistics held August 9-13, 1999, at the University of British Columbia. From the rich program and the many papers given during this conference, the present twenty-three papers were carefully selected to display the state of current research in the field of historical linguistics.

Author : Anna Cichosz
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : English language
ISBN : 3631613156

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Influence of Text Type on Word Order of Old Germanic Languages by Anna Cichosz Pdf

The book examines the word order of two Old Germanic languages, Old English and Old High German, using a corpus containing samples of three text types: poetry, original prose and translated prose. Thanks to this methodology, it is possible to compare word order patterns in Old English and Old High German, eliminating differences which may be due to stylistic or technical reasons (rhythm, rhyme, Latin influences), as well as to see to what extent text type determines word order and to check whether this phenomenon is universal (triggering similar behaviour in both analysed languages). The book also disproves the hypothesis of the West Germanic syntax, presenting data which show that the word order of the two languages started to diversify already during the Old English/High German period, i. e. before the 11th century AD.

Author : Linda van Bergen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317416753

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Pronouns and Word Order in Old English by Linda van Bergen Pdf

First published in 2003, this is a study of the syntactic behaviour of personal pronoun subjects and the indefinite pronoun man, in Old English. It focuses on differences in word order as compared to full noun phrases. In generative work on Old English, noun phrases have usually divided into two categories: 'nominal' and 'pronominal'. The latter category has typically been restricted to personal pronouns, but despite striking similarities to the behaviour of nominals there has been good reason to believe that man should be grouped with personal pronouns. This book explores investigations carried out in conjunction with the aid of the Toronto Corpus, which confirmed this hypothesis.

Author : Anna Cichosz,Jerzy Gaszewski,Piotr Pęzik
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266231

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Element Order in Old English and Old High German Translations by Anna Cichosz,Jerzy Gaszewski,Piotr Pęzik Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive corpus study of element order in Old English and Old High German, which brings to light numerous differences between these two closely related languages. The study’s innovative approach relies on translated texts, which allows the authors to tackle the problem of the apparent incomparability of OE and OHG textual records and to identify the areas of OE and OHG syntax potentially influenced by the Latin source texts. This is especially important from the point of view of OE research, where Latin is rarely considered to be a significant variable. The book’s profile and content is of direct interest to historical linguists working on OE and/or OHG (and Old Germanic languages in general), but it can also greatly benefit several other groups of researchers: scholars applying corpus methods to the study of dead languages, historical linguists generally, linguists researching element order as well as specialists in translation studies.

Author : Laurel Brinton,Alexander Bergs
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110523058

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Old English by Laurel Brinton,Alexander Bergs Pdf

This volume provides an in-depth account of Old English, organized by linguistic level. Individual chapters, written by recognized experts in the field, review the state of the art in phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic studies of Old English. Key areas of debate, including dialectology, language contact, standardization, and literary language, are also explored. The volume sets the scene with a chapter on pre-Old English and ends with a chapter discussing textual resources available for the study of earlier English.

Author : Charles Merritt Carlton
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111354859

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Descriptive Syntax of the Old English Charters by Charles Merritt Carlton Pdf

Author : Carola Trips
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027227810

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From OV to VO in Early Middle English by Carola Trips Pdf

Discusses syntax and word order changes in Middle English dialects, with an emphasis on the shift from sentences where the object precedes the verb to those where the verb comes first, and considers pronouns and literary style.

Author : Graeme Davis
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3039102702

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Comparative Syntax of Old English and Old Icelandic by Graeme Davis Pdf

Study of the syntax of Old English and Old Icelandic has for long been dominated by the impressions of early philologists. Their assertions that these languages were «free» in their word-order were for many years unchallenged. Only within the last two decades has it been demonstrated that the word-order of each shows regular patterns which approach the status of rules, and which may be precisely described. This book takes the subject one step further by offering a comparison of the syntax of Old English and Old Icelandic, the two best-preserved Old Germanic languages. Overwhelmingly the two languages show the same word-order patterns - as do the other Old Germanic languages, at least as far as can be determined from the fragments which have survived. It has long been recognised that Old English and Old Icelandic have a high proportion of common lexis and very similar morphology, yet the convention has been to emphasise the differences between the two as representatives respectively of the West and North sub-families of Germanic. The argument of this book is that the similar word-order of the two should instead lead us to stress the similarities between the two languages. Old English and Old Icelandic were sufficiently close to be mutually comprehensible. This thesis receives copious support from historical and literary texts. Our understanding of the Old Germanic world should be modified by the concept of a common «Northern Speech» which provided a common Germanic ethnic identity and a platform for the free flow of cultural ideas.

Author : Agnes Jäger,Gisella Ferraresi,Helmut Weiss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198813545

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Clause Structure and Word Order in the History of German by Agnes Jäger,Gisella Ferraresi,Helmut Weiss Pdf

This volume presents the first comprehensive generative account of the historical syntax of German. Leading scholars in the field survey a range of topics and offer new insights into multiple central aspects of clause structure and word order, including verb placement, adverbial connectives, pronominal syntax, and information-structural factors.

Author : Matsuji Tajima
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789027237323

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Old and Middle English Language Studies by Matsuji Tajima Pdf

Since the publication of Kennedy's monumental Bibliography of Writings on the English Language, no bibliography has systematically surveyed the Old and Middle English scholarship accumulated over the past 60 years. Tajima's work aims to meet the need for an updated bibliography of Old and Middle English language studies; it lists books, monographs, dissertations, articles, notes, and reviews on Old and Middle English language. The items have been listed into fourteen fairly broad categories: (1) Bibliographies, (2) Dictionaries, glossaries and concordances, (3) Histories of the English language, (4) Grammars (historical, Old English and Middle English), (5) General and miscellaneous studies, (6) Language of individual authors or works, (7) Orthography and punctuation, (8) Phonology and phonetics, (9) Morphology, (10) Syntax, (11) Lexicology, lexicography and word-formation, (12) Onomastics, (13) Dialectology, (14) Stylistics.

Author : Alexander Bergs,Laurel J. Brinton
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1196 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110251593

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English Historical Linguistics. Volume 1 by Alexander Bergs,Laurel J. Brinton Pdf

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Author : David Denison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317887690

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English Historical Syntax by David Denison Pdf

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 : Toril Swan,Endre Mørck,Olaf Jansen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110886573

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Language Change and Language Structure by Toril Swan,Endre Mørck,Olaf Jansen Pdf

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 : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004487024

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Lexis and Texts in Early English by Anonim Pdf

These papers reflect the long and distinguished career of Professor Jane Roberts in the field of medieval English studies, and especially her pioneering work on A Thesaurus of Old English, which provides novel source material for several of the contributions to the volume. Many of the papers deal with aspects of early lexicology and lexicography, while others focus on linguistic and literary features of Old and Middle English texts and their interpretation. They will thus be of interest to researchers in many areas of early English. A special introductory article describes the interlinked development of A Thesaurus of Old English, The Historical Thesaurus of English, and the proposed Thesaurus of Middle English. Contributors include: Rosamund Allen, Janet M. Bately, Carole P. Biggam, Michelle Brown, Julie Coleman, Janet Cowen, Jodi-Ann George, Joyce Hill, Rosemary Huisman, Giovanni Iarmartino, George Kane, Éamonn Ó Carragáin, Michiko Ogura, Peter Orton, Jeremy J. Smith, E.G. Stanley, Paul Szarmach, Ronald Waldron.