On the Syntax of the English Verb from Caxton to Dryden
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
Release : 1968
Category : English language
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Author :
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Page : 116 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
Release : 1968
Category : English language
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Author : J. Kerkhof
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 19,32 MB
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004067899
Author : Bohumil Trnka
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Page : 106 pages
File Size : 37,13 MB
Release : 1930
Category : English language
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Author : Roger Eaton
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 13,91 MB
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027279772
These papers are a selection from papers presented at the 4th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Amsterdam, 1985). Most studies deal with some aspect of an earlier stage of English, though present day varieties of English are also under investigation. Many of the papers show that there is a growing interest in the question why a certain change has taken place. Furthermore, the volume contains a considerable number of papers on historical syntax.
Author : Tauno F. Mustanoja
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027266387
For a good orientation into the history of English grammar, several books are indispensable. One of those is Mustanoja’s A Middle English Syntax. However, for a long time this work was not readily available; the present edition changes that. This is a fac simile reprint from the 1960 publication which appeared as volume XXIII in ‘Mémoires de la Société Néophilologique de Helsinki’, with a new Introduction by Elly van Gelderen. Compared to Old English, Middle English has fewer grammars and textbooks devoted to it. This book provides an interesting supplement by going deeper into certain questions and, especially, into exceptions. The book points out differences with Old English and certain peculiarities of the Middle English system. It was originally written for students of Middle English literature but serves a linguist well in detailed descriptions of the parts of speech, the use of the various cases, gender, and number. Word order, complex sentences, and conjunctions were meant to be dealt with in a second volume, which was never published.
Author : Museo Di Roma
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2023-05-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 900453136X
Frederik Theodor Visser's An Historical Syntax of the English Language, published in four massive volumes between 1963 and 1973, is certainly one of the cornerstones of research in English linguistics. Visser's achievements can hardly be overestimated. Before the advent of modern corpus linguistics, he compiled a remarkable wealth of detailed philological data from all periods of English and combined this with current grammatical analyses of his time. This has made this publications an indispensable resource for anyone investigating the history of English syntax. This reproduction of Visser's volumes is more than welcome, and timely, as the volumes have been out of print for quite some time and were sometimes a little bit difficult to navigate. Having a searchable and easy-to-use online version, although maybe not perfect, available now means a revival for scholarship that celebrates its fiftieth birthday without losing any of its relevance.
Author : Frederik Theodor Visser
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 48,97 MB
Release : 1969
Category : History
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Author : Johannes Söderlind
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Page : 366 pages
File Size : 24,65 MB
Release : 1958
Category : English language
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Author : Barbara M. H. Strang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 23,19 MB
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1317421914
A History of English, first published in 1970, is a book for beginners in linguistic history. This title examines the changes in English language speech and writing over a period of almost 2000 years, whilst also exploring more recent changes within the author’s living memory. This title aims to raise countless issues for enquiry and discussion, and its purpose is to serve as a springboard for language history learning rather than a textbook.
Author : Giorgio Graffi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 29,32 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781588110527
This book argues convincingly against the widespread opinion that very few syntactic studies were carried out before the 1950s. Relying on the detailed analysis of a large amount of original sources, it shows that syntactic matters were in fact carefully investigated throughout both the 19th century and during the first half of the 20th century. Moreover, it illustrates how the enormous development of syntactic research in the last fifty years has already condemned even several recent ideas and analyses to oblivion, and deeply influenced current research programs. The wealth of research undertaken over the last two centuries is presented here in a systematic way, taking as its starting point the relationship of syntax with psychology throughout this period. The critical ideas expressed in the text are based on a detailed illustration of the different syntactic models and analyses rather than on the polemics between the different schools.