English Historical Syntax and Morphology: Selected papers from 11 ICEHL, Santiago de Compostela, 7–11 September 2000. Volume 1: 223 (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027247315 ISBN 13: 9789027247315

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2002

Synopsis

This volume offers a selection of papers from the Eleventh International Conference on English Historical Linguistics held at the University of Santiago de Compostela. From the rich programme (over 130 papers were given during the conference), the present twelve papers were carefully selected to reflect the state of current research in the fields of English historical syntax and morphology. Some of the issues discussed are the emergence of viewpoint adverbials in English and German, changes in noun phrase structure from 1650 to the present, the development of the progressive in Scots, the passivization of composite predicates, the loss of V2 and its effects on the information structure of English, the acquisition of modal syntax and semantics by the English verb WANT, or the use of temporal adverbs as attributive adjectives in the Early Modern period. Many of the articles tackle questions of change through the use of methodological tools like computerized corpora. The theoretical frameworks adopted include, among others, grammaticalization theory, Dik’s model of functional grammar, construction grammar and Government & Binding Theory.

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Synopsis

This volume is a companion to "Sounds, Words, Texts and Change: Selected Papers from 11 ICEHL, Santiago de Compostela, 7-11 September 2000", that also contains papers from this conference. The two volumes together offer a representative sample of the contributions presented at the conference, including some of those delivered during the workshop on historical word formation. The papers, which have been selected for presentation and publication, relfect the various concerns of English historical linguistics at the beginning of the 21st century and the different methodologies applied to address them.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027247315
• ISBN 13: 9789027247315
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 307
• Editor: Fanego Teresa, Pérez-Guerra Javier, López-Couso María José