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A Brief History of English Syntax
Olga Fischer
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Description for A Brief History of English Syntax
paperback. An accessible, up-to-date account of the major changes in English syntax since its beginnings up to the present day. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CBX. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
In its 1500-year history, the English language has seen dramatic grammatical changes. This book offers a comprehensive and reader-friendly account of the major developments, including changes in word order, the noun phrase and verb phrase, changing relations between clausal constituents and the development of new subordinate constructions. The book puts forward possible explanations for change, drawing on the existing and most recent literature, and with reference to the major theoretical models. The authors use corpus evidence to investigate language-internal and language-external motivations for change, including the impact of language contact. The book is intended for students who have been introduced ... Read more
In its 1500-year history, the English language has seen dramatic grammatical changes. This book offers a comprehensive and reader-friendly account of the major developments, including changes in word order, the noun phrase and verb phrase, changing relations between clausal constituents and the development of new subordinate constructions. The book puts forward possible explanations for change, drawing on the existing and most recent literature, and with reference to the major theoretical models. The authors use corpus evidence to investigate language-internal and language-external motivations for change, including the impact of language contact. The book is intended for students who have been introduced ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521747974
SKU
V9780521747974
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99-26
About Olga Fischer
Olga Fischer is Professor of Germanic Linguistics at the Universiteit van Amsterdam. She is co-author of The Syntax of Early English (Cambridge, 2000), with Wim van der Wurff, Ans van Kemenade and Willem Koopman. She is also the author of Morphosyntactic Change: Functional and Formal Perspectives (2007) and a contributor to the Cambridge History of the English Language (Cambridge, 1992). ... Read more
Reviews for A Brief History of English Syntax
'A data-rich fresh look at the history of English, its NP, VP and clausal structure, with an eye for the role of language contact.' Elly Van Gelderen, Arizona State University