The Evolution of Expletives
Theoretical and diachronic perspectives
Special issue of Evolutionary Linguistic Theory 6:1/2 (2024)
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[Evolutionary Linguistic Theory, 6:1/2] 2024. v, 243 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 6 March 2025
Published online on 6 March 2025
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Table of Contents
- The evolution of expletivesEric Fuß & Benjamin L. Sluckin | pp. 1–26
- Time-clefts, expletives and orality in Early Icelandic saga narrativesHannah Booth | pp. 27–58
- Another adverbial expletive in German?Nicholas Catasso | pp. 59–93
- Locative-based expletives as situation proforms: Dutch er, German da and English thereJutta M. Hartmann | pp. 94–121
- Non-referential elements in the history of Low GermanSvetlana Petrova | pp. 122–157
- On the threefold typology of Scheinsubjekte : From Karl Brugmann to Cimbrian syntaxAlessandra Tomaselli & Ermenegildo Bidese | pp. 158–191
- The covert perceiver in English locative inversion: An alternative to expletive proBenjamin L. Sluckin | pp. 192–243
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