Title Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Cambridge, 6-9 April 1987 : dedicated to the memory of James Peter Thorne (1933-1988) / edited by Sylvia Adamson [and others]

Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1990

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 583 pages) Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 65 Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 65. 0304-0763 Contents PAPERS FROM THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGLISH HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; IN MEMORIAM JAMES PETER THORNE 1933-1988 JOHN LYONS; PREFACE; LIST OF PARTICIPANTS; RESTANDARDISATION IN MIDDLE SCOTS; BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH: ODI ET AMO; THE STYLISTIC FUNCTION OF ME GAN RECONSIDERED; HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS -- LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY; THE ASSESSMENT OF LEXICAL MORTALITY AND REPLACEMENT BETWEEN OLD AND MODERN ENGLISH PREPOSITION STRANDING AND RELATIVE COMPLEMENTIZER DELETION: IMPLICATIONAL TENDENCIES IN ENGLISH AND THE OTHER GERMANIC LANGUAGESTHE OLD ENGLISH IMPERSONALS REVIVED; ON THE UNITY OF THE MERCIAN SECOND FRONTING; HUGH BLAIR'S THEORY OF THE ORIGIN AND THE BASIC FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGICAL PRELIMINARIES TO THE STUDY OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE IN DIALECTAL ENGLISH: EVALUATING THE GRAMMARS OF BARNES AND ELWORTHY AS SOURCES OF LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE; THE TYPOLOGICAL STATUS OF OLD ENGLISH WORD-FORMATION; THE DOUBLE OBJECT CONSTRUCTION IN OLD ENGLISH WHERE DO EXTRATERRITORIAL ENGLISHES COME FROM?DIALECT INPUT AND RECODIFICATION IN TRANSPORTED ENGLISHESOBSOLESCENCE AND UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR; ON THE ROLE OF SOME ADVERBS IN OLD ENGLISH VERSE GRAMMAR; ADJECTIVAL INFLEXION RELICS AND SPEECH RHYTHM IN LATE MIDDLE AND EARLY MODERN ENGLISH; MODELLING FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION AND FUNCTION LOSS: the case of but; DATING OLD ENGLISH INSCRIPTIONS: THE LIMITS OF INFERENCE; PARADIGM ARRANGEMENT AND INFLECTIONAL HOMONYMY: OLD ENGLISH CASE; A CONTACT-UNIVERSALS ORIGIN FOR PERIPHRASTIC DO, WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF OE-CELTIC CONTACT A NEW KIND OF METRICAL EVIDENCE IN OLD ENGLISH POETRYTHE DEVELOPMENT OF ME Q FROM OPEN SYLLABLE LENGTHENINGIN THE WEST MIDLANDS; SOME MODERN STANDARD ENGLISH FILTERS; EXEMPLIFICATION IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH GRAMMARS INGRID TIEKEN-BOON VAN OSTADE; FROM LESS TO MORE SITUATED IN LANGUAGE: THE UNIDIRECTIONALITY OF SEMANTIC CHANGE; THE EASY-TO-PLEASE CONSTRUCTION IN OLD AND MIDDLE ENGLISH; REWORKING THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH AUXILIARIES; ON GROUNDING IN ENGLISH NARRATIVES: A DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE; AUTHOR INDEX; The series CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY (CILT) series Summary This volume is a collection of articles based on papers presented at the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics at Cambridge in 1987. It draws together important state-of-the-art' studies in the syntax, phonology, morphology and semantics of Old, Middle and Modern English by prominent figures in the field into a single volume. Core theoretical areas are well represented and there are also major papers in dialectology, stylistics, metrics, socio-historical linguistics and the history of English linguistics. The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor James P. Thorn Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda Subject English language -- History -- Congresses English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Congresses English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Congresses English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100. English language -- History. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General. English language English language -- Middle English English language -- Old English Historische taalwetenschap. Engels. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings History Form Electronic book Author Thorne, James Peter, 1933-1988. Adamson, Sylvia LC no. 90000681 ISBN 9789027286000 9027286000 9786613092809 6613092800 1283092808 9781283092807

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