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A Historical Syntax of English / Bettelou Los.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced : ETELAAPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) : 5 B/W illustrations 26 B/W tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748694563
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 425 23
LOC classification:
  • P291 .L675 2015
  • P291 .L675 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Note on data references -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nominal categories: The loss of nominal morphology -- 3 Verbal categories: The rise of the auxiliaries have and be -- 4 Verbal categories: The rise of the modal auxiliaries -- 5 Complementation -- 6 The structure of the clause -- 7 Verb-Second -- 8 Syntax and discourse -- Appendix 1 Cynewulf and Cyneheard -- Appendix 2 Beowulf -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Explores the many factors that influenced syntactic change in EnglishGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748641437','ISBN:9780748641444']);Aimed at advanced students, this book discusses a number of approaches to charting the major developments in the syntax of English. It does not assume any knowledge of Old or Middle English or of formal syntax, although students should be familiar with traditional syntactic concepts such as verbs and nouns, subjects and objects, and linguistic concepts such as morphology and case. Bettelou Los draws on explanations from both formal and functional approaches to explore how syntactic changes are the product of the interaction of many internal and external factors.Discusses internal factors such as the loss of morphology and pressure from analogyCovers external factors such as the sociolinguistic impact of language and dialect contactStrikes a balance between theoretical explanation and accessibility to readers with no background in formal syntax"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748694563

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Note on data references -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nominal categories: The loss of nominal morphology -- 3 Verbal categories: The rise of the auxiliaries have and be -- 4 Verbal categories: The rise of the modal auxiliaries -- 5 Complementation -- 6 The structure of the clause -- 7 Verb-Second -- 8 Syntax and discourse -- Appendix 1 Cynewulf and Cyneheard -- Appendix 2 Beowulf -- Bibliography -- Index

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Explores the many factors that influenced syntactic change in EnglishGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748641437','ISBN:9780748641444']);Aimed at advanced students, this book discusses a number of approaches to charting the major developments in the syntax of English. It does not assume any knowledge of Old or Middle English or of formal syntax, although students should be familiar with traditional syntactic concepts such as verbs and nouns, subjects and objects, and linguistic concepts such as morphology and case. Bettelou Los draws on explanations from both formal and functional approaches to explore how syntactic changes are the product of the interaction of many internal and external factors.Discusses internal factors such as the loss of morphology and pressure from analogyCovers external factors such as the sociolinguistic impact of language and dialect contactStrikes a balance between theoretical explanation and accessibility to readers with no background in formal syntax"

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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