Author : Don Ringe
Publisher : Edinburgh Textbooks on the Eng
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 10,99 MB
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781474459778
A detailed survey of how English morphology has evolved from Old English to the present
Author : Jacek Fisiak
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 17,63 MB
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110823128
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
Author : Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,57 MB
Release : 2017-12-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1474428983
What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English. He explains the various ways in which words are related to one another, and shows how the history of the English language has affected word structure. Topics include: words, sentences and dictionaries; a word and its parts (roots and affixes); a word and its forms (inflection); a word and its relatives (derivation); compound words; word structure; productivity; and the historical sources of English word formation. Requiring no prior linguistic training, this textbook is suitable for undergraduate students of English - literature or language - and provides a sound basis for further linguistic study.
Author : Bettelou Los
Publisher : Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 15,66 MB
Release : 2022
Category : English language
ISBN : 9789027210647
This volume focuses on cutting-edge research in the history of the English language, while reflecting the diversity that exists in the current landscape of English historical linguistics. Chapters showcase traditional as well as novel methodologies in historical linguistics, work on linguistic interfaces, and on mechanisms of language change.
Author : Teresa Fanego
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 10,51 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027247315
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 passivization of composite predicates, the loss of V2 and its effects on the information structure of English, the acquisition of modal syntax and semantics by the English verb WANT, or the use of temporal adverbs as attributive adjectives in the Early Modern period. Many of the articles tackle questions of change through the use of methodological tools like computerized corpora. The theoretical frameworks adopted include, among others, grammaticalization theory, Dik's model of functional grammar, construction grammar and Government & Binding Theory.
Author : Donka Minkova
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,26 MB
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521882583
A new edition of this textbook discusses the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages.
Author : Manoochehr Tavangar
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 28,67 MB
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1527521729
This fascinating book treats the use of words from a completely new perspective. Far from being purely abstract entities, words are believed to emerge from an interaction between morphological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic components. For this reason, the book draws from a vast spectrum of naturally occurring texts representing almost every style, register, and genre. It uses an extremely wide variety of language, and provides a key to help readers check their answers to the questions it poses.
Author : Laurie Bauer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 50,82 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0198747063
The first comprehensive description of English word formation covers inflection and derivation, compounding, conversion, and minor processes such as subtractive morphology. It combines theory-neutral presentation of data with theoretically informed analysis. Winner of the 2015 Bloomfield Book Award and written by three outstanding scholars, this is a vital reference for all linguists.
Author : Donka Minkova
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 16,2 MB
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0748677550
This book covers the historical development of the English phonological system from its earliest reconstructed and recorded forms to its most recent variations.
Author : Peter Hugoe Matthews
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 1991-10-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521422567
Originally published in 1974, this updated and substantially revised edition includes chapters on inflectional and lexical morphology, derivational processes and productivity, compounds, paradigms, and much new material on markedness and other aspects of iconicity.
