Developments in English Historical Morpho-Syntax: 346 (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory) - Hardcover

 
9789027203236: Developments in English Historical Morpho-Syntax: 346 (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9027203237 ISBN 13: 9789027203236
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2019

Synopsis

Spanning the time from Old English to modern American English, this volume provides fresh perspectives on core issues and theories in the morphosyntactic history of English nominal, verbal and adverbial constructions. The contributions discuss the loss, rise and restructuring of morphonological marking, periphrastic verbal constructions, auxiliary variation and evolution, as well as changing word order options. Favouring corpus-linguistic, frequency-based and statistical approaches, the studies are firmly empirically grounded. The book is aimed at scholars interested in the history of the English language and in language variation and change.

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Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9027203237
ISBN 13 
9789027203236
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
318
Editor
Claridge Claudia, Bös Birte