Johanna L. Wood
List of John Benjamins publications in which Johanna L. Wood is involved.
Book series
ISSN 0165-7763
2020 From noun to quantifier: Pseudo-partitives and language change Historical Linguistics 2017: Selected papers from the 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, Texas, 31 July – 4 August 2017, Drinka, Bridget (ed.), pp. 229–250 | Chapter
Micro-variation in Germanic pseudo-partitives is investigated, focusing on the syntax and morphology of expressions where two nouns are juxtaposed without a linking preposition, attested in Middle English. A standard measure (pound), containers (gallon, ton, pipe, barrel, and sack) and a… read more
2019 The subjunctive in the Lindisfarne gloss: A focus on past tense be The Northumbrian Old English glosses, Gelderen, Elly van (ed.), pp. 165–191 | Article
The use of the subjunctive mood in the Old English gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels is investigated. All the examples of the Latin third person singular imperfect subjunctive, esset, are examined. There are three aims: to contribute to understanding the use of the subjunctive in the gloss of the… read more
2016 The degree cycle Cyclical Change Continued, Gelderen, Elly van (ed.), pp. 287–318 | Article
The grammaticalization of the demonstratives this, that and thus is investigated with respect to their functions as degree adverbs using empirical data from dictionaries and historical and modern corpora. It is first argued that thus participates in the CP cycle. With respect to this and that, … read more
2011 Review of Traugott & Trousdale (2010): Gradience, Gradualness and Grammaticalization Diachronica 28:4, pp. 545–554 | Review
2011 Structures and expectations: A systematic analysis of Margaret Paston's formulaic and expressive language Historical Sociopragmatics, Culpeper, Jonathan (ed.), pp. 9–36 | Article
2011 Noun phrase structure and movement: A cross-linguistic comparison of such/sådan/solch and so/så/so The Noun Phrase in Romance and Germanic: Structure, variation, and change, Sleeman, Petra and Harry Perridon (eds.), pp. 89–110 | Article
We investigate the etymologically related words so and such (English); så and sådan (Danish); and so and solch (German). Similarities and differences that have to be accounted for cross-linguistically are i. position (pre- or post- indefinite article), ii. agreement morphology (in Danish and… read more
2009 Structures and expectations: A systematic analysis of Margaret Paston’s formulaic and expressive language Historical Sociopragmatics, Culpeper, Jonathan (ed.), pp. 187–214 | Article
It is shown how a model based on a critical discourse analysis approach, in conjunction with frame analysis, offers a systematic way to analyse fifteenth-century letters. It is argued that in this framework all contexts are “local contexts”. Letters present particular difficulties because they are… read more
2008 Review of Fischer (2007): Morphosyntactic Change: Functional and formal perspectives Diachronica 25:3, pp. 442–453 | Review
2007 Is there a DP in Old English? Historical Linguistics 2005: Selected papers from the 17th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Madison, Wisconsin, 31 July - 5 August 2005, Salmons, Joseph C. and Shannon Dubenion-Smith (eds.), pp. 167–187 | Article
2007 Demonstratives and possessives: From Old English to present-day English Nominal Determination: Typology, context constraints, and historical emergence, Stark, Elisabeth, Elisabeth Leiss and Werner Abraham (eds.), pp. 339–361 | Article
Three different nominal word orders in Old English through present-day English are investigated, in order to determine whether English has an ‘adjectival’ possessive similar to Modern Italian. It is argued that the orders a) demonstrative, possessive, noun and b) possessive, demonstrative, noun… read more
2007 Text in context: A critical discourse analysis approach to Margaret Paston Letter Writing, Nevalainen, Terttu and Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen (eds.), pp. 47–71 | Article
This paper analyses lexical features in letters written to and by Margaret Paston, using Fairclough’s (1992) three-dimensional framework for discourse analysis. Historical pragmatics, as a relatively new field, is open to the development of new methodologies and the adaptation of established ones.… read more
2004 Text in context: A critical discourse analysis approach to Margaret Paston Letter Writing, Nevalainen, Terttu and Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen (eds.), pp. 229–254 | Article
This paper analyses lexical features in letters written to and by Margaret Paston, using Fairclough’s (1992) three-dimensional framework for discourse analysis. Historical pragmatics, as a relatively new field, is open to the development of new methodologies and the adaptation of established ones.… read more