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English Historical Linguistics 1994
Papers from the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (8 ICEHL, Edinburgh, 19–23 September 1994)
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This volume offers a selection of 19 papers from those read at the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics in Edinburgh. Many of the writers are established authorities in the field, but there are also significant contributions from a younger generation of scholars. The topics discussed span the whole history of English from the Common Germanic period to the present century and the book also includes, as appropriate to the Conference venue, a number of papers on aspects of the historical development of Scots and Scottish English.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 135] 1996. viii, 403 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 24 October 2011
Published online on 24 October 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Editor’s foreword | pp. v–vi
- 1. Phonology
- Tertiary stress in Old English: Some Reflections on explanatory inadequacyRichard M. Hogg | p. 3
- Verse structure as evidence for prosodic reconstructions in Old EnglishDonka Minkova | p. 13
- On the syllable weight -VC# in Old English: A metrical perspectiveSeiichi Suzuki | p. 39
- Old English short diphthongs and the theory of Glide emergenceRobert P. Stockwell | p. 57
- On the use of the past to explain the presentApril McMahon | p. 73
- 2. Morphology
- Verbal derivation in English: A historical survey or much ado about nothingDieter Kastovsky | p. 93
- Snowball effect in lexical diffusion: The development of -s in the third person singular present indicative in EnglishMieko Ogura and William S-Y. Wang | p. 119
- The 3rd plural present indicative in early modern English: Variation and linguistic contactHerbert Schendl | p. 143
- Morphological standardization: The strong verbs in ScotsManfred Görlach | p. 161
- 3. Lexis
- Scandinavian loans and processes of word-formation in ME: Some preliminary considerationsIsabel Moskowich and Elena Seoane | p. 185
- Towards syntactic isomorphism and semantic dissimilation: The semantics and syntax of prospective verbs in early modern EnglishEdgar W. Schneider | p. 199
- 4. Syntax
- Evidence for clitic adverbs in old English: An evaluationWillem F. Koopman | p. 223
- Verbal complementation in early ME: How do the infinitives fit in?Olga Fischer | p. 247
- A look at the That/Zero variation in Restoration EnglishMaría José López-Couso | p. 271
- The case of the unmarked pronounDavid Denison | p. 287
- 5. Sociohistorical linguistics
- Social stratification in Tudor English?Terttu Nevalainen and Helena Raumolin-Brunberg | p. 303
- Social network theory and Eighteenth-century English: The case of boswellIngrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade | p. 327
- Eighteenth-century normative grammar in practice: The case of Captain CookCarol Percy | p. 339
- The Jocks and the Geordies: Modified standards in Eighteenth-century pronouncing dictionariesJoan C. Beal | p. 363
- 6. Indexes
- Index of persons | pp. 385–390
- Index of concepts and terms | pp. 391–403
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