Lexical Change in Present-day English
Author : Roswitha Fischer
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 11,45 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9783823349402
The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics
Author : Merja Kytö
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1092 pages
File Size : 22,55 MB
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1316472914
Book Description
English historical linguistics is a subfield of linguistics which has developed theories and methods for exploring the history of the English language. This Handbook provides an account of state-of-the-art research on this history. It offers an in-depth survey of materials, methods, and language-theoretical models used to study the long diachrony of English. The frameworks covered include corpus linguistics, historical sociolinguistics, historical pragmatics and manuscript studies, among others. The chapters, by leading experts, examine the interplay of language theory and empirical data throughout, critically assessing the work in the field. Of particular importance are the diverse data sources which have become increasingly available in electronic form, allowing the discipline to develop in new directions. The Handbook offers access to the rich and many-faceted spectrum of work in English historical linguistics, past and present, and will be useful for researchers and students interested in hands-on research on the history of English.
Language Change and Variation from Old English to Late Modern English
Author : Merja Kytö
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 27,21 MB
Release : 2010
Category : English philology
ISBN : 9783034303729
Book Description
This collection reflects Minoji Akimoto's concern with studies of change in English that are theoretically-informed, but founded on substantial bodies of data. Some of the contributors focus on individual texts and text-types, among them literature and journalism, others on specific periods, from Old English to the nineteenth century, but the majority trace a linguistic process - such as negation, passivisation, complementation or grammaticalisation - through the history of English. While several papers take a fresh look at manuscript evidence, the harnessing of wideranging electronic corpora is a recurring feature methodologically. The linguistic fields treated include word semantics, stylistics, orthography, word-order, pragmatics and lexicography. The volume also contains a bibliography of Professor Akimoto's writings and an index of linguistic terms.
Linguistic Change in Present-day English
Author : Charles Laurence Barber
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 1964
Category : English language
ISBN :
Book Description
Studies in Language Variation and Change 2
Author : Catherine Delesse
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 17,70 MB
Release : 2018-06-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1527512231
Book Description
This collection of eleven essays traces the complex paths of change taken by the English language in its long history, from its Indo-European origins to the present day. Just like any other language, English is a complex system made up of several interconnected sub-systems – lexical, syntactical, phonological, morphological – and all of those sub-systems are subject to change, resulting in constant shifts and readjustments. Additionally, more than some other languages, English has a history marked by strong upheavals, particularly with the influence of Scandinavian and Romance languages in the Middle Ages. The contributions here consider all aspects of that complex history, with four of them taking a particular interest in the issues brought about by language contact with French and Latin.
English as a Contact Language
Author : Daniel Schreier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 16,24 MB
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1139619268
Book Description
Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition, etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history of English by bringing together cutting-edge research from these fields. Special focus is on recent debates surrounding substratal influence in earlier forms of English (particularly Celtic influence in Old English), on language shift processes (the formation of Irish and overseas varieties) but also on dialects in contact, the contact origins of Standard English, the notion of new epicentres in World English, the role of children and adults in language change as well as transfer and language learning. With contributions from leading experts, the book offers fresh and exciting perspectives for research and is at the same time an up-to-date overview of the state of the art in the respective fields.
Language Change
Author : Anna Mauranen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 11,85 MB
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1108492851
Book Description
Through integrating different perspectives on language change, this book explores the enormous on-going linguistic upheavals in the wake of the global dominance of English. Combining empirical research with theoretical approaches, it will appeal to researchers and graduate students of English, and also of other languages studying language change.
Semantic Change in the Early Modern English Period: Latin Influences on the English Language
Author : David Stehling
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 32,31 MB
Release : 2013-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3954891042
Book Description
Throughout the history, English was changing steadily. Not only was the English grammar, pronunciation or vocabulary being altered over the centuries but also the semantics of lexemes. A major factor that has a considerable impact on the semantics of words is the influence of foreign languages. This study deals with semantic changes due to the Latin influence on the English language in the Early Modern English period. The aim of the analysis is – with the help of the Oxford English Dictionary Online – to determine potential patterns of meaning alterations of English lexemes that were caused by the influx of Latin-derived equivalents, especially on the field of human anatomy, and between the 15th and the 18th century. Moreover, the Early Modern English period is portrayed as well as the roles of Latin and English during that time, also considering the integration of Latin loanwords into English. In order to discuss meaning changes due to Latin influences, a closer look will be taken at language modifications in general, at lexical change and at the various types of semantic change by which English words might have been affected.
Semantic Change in the Early Modern English Period: Latin Influences on the English Language
Author : David Stehling
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 3954896044
Book Description
Throughout the history, English was changing steadily. Not only was the English grammar, pronunciation or vocabulary being altered over the centuries but also the semantics of lexemes. A major factor that has a considerable impact on the semantics of words is the influence of foreign languages. This study deals with semantic changes due to the Latin influence on the English language in the Early Modern English period. The aim of the analysis is – with the help of the Oxford English Dictionary Online – to determine potential patterns of meaning alterations of English lexemes that were caused by the influx of Latin-derived equivalents, especially on the field of human anatomy, and between the 15th and the 18th century. Moreover, the Early Modern English period is portrayed as well as the roles of Latin and English during that time, also considering the integration of Latin loanwords into English. In order to discuss meaning changes due to Latin influences, a closer look will be taken at language modifications in general, at lexical change and at the various types of semantic change by which English words might have been affected.
Understanding Language Change
Author : April M. S. McMahon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 1994-03-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521446655
Book Description
This textbook analyses changes from every area of grammar and addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics.
