English historical syntax and morphology : selected papers from 11 ICEHL, Santiago de Compostela, 7-11 September 2000 / [edited by] Teresa Fanego, María José López-Couso, Javier Pérez-Guerra
English Historical Syntax and Morphology; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Addresses; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Two types of passivization of 'V+NP+P' constructions in relation to idiomatization; On the development of a friend of mine; Historical shifts in modification patterns with complex noun phrase structures; Grammaticalization versus lexicalization reconsidered; The derivation of ornative, locative, ablative, privative and reversative verbs in English; From gold-gifa to chimney sweep?; A path to volitional modality
Summary
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 pass
