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In:English Historical Linguistics 1994: Papers from the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (8 ICEHL, Edinburgh, 19–23 September 1994)
Edited by Derek Britton
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 135] 1996
► pp. vii–viii

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Published online: 1 March 1996
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Table of contents

Editor’s forewordv
1. Phonology
Tertiary stress in Old English: Some Reflections on explanatory inadequacy3
Verse structure as evidence for prosodic reconstructions in Old English13
On the syllable weight -VC# in Old English: A metrical perspective39
Old English short diphthongs and the theory of Glide emergence57
On the use of the past to explain the present73
2. Morphology
Verbal derivation in English: A historical survey or much ado about nothing93
Snowball effect in lexical diffusion: The development of -s in the third person singular present indicative in English119
The 3rd plural present indicative in early modern English: Variation and linguistic contact143
Morphological standardization: The strong verbs in Scots161
3. Lexis
Scandinavian loans and processes of word-formation in ME: Some preliminary considerations185
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Towards syntactic isomorphism and semantic dissimilation: The semantics and syntax of prospective verbs in early modern English199
4. Syntax
Evidence for clitic adverbs in old English: An evaluation223
Verbal complementation in early ME: How do the infinitives fit in?247
A look at the That/Zero variation in Restoration English271
The case of the unmarked pronoun287
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5. Sociohistorical linguistics
Social stratification in Tudor English?303
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Social network theory and Eighteenth-century English: The case of boswell327
Eighteenth-century normative grammar in practice: The case of Captain Cook339
The Jocks and the Geordies: Modified standards in Eighteenth-century pronouncing dictionaries363
6. Indexes
Index of persons385
Index of concepts and terms391
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