A History of English Reflexive Pronouns
Title | A History of English Reflexive Pronouns PDF eBook |
Author | Elly van Gelderen |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2000-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9789027227607 |
This book brings together a number of seemingly distinct phenomena in the history of English: the introduction of special reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself), the loss of verbal agreement and pro-drop, and the disappearance of morphological Case. It provides vast numbers of examples from Old and Middle English texts showing a person split between first, second, and third person pronouns. Extending an analysis by Reinhart & Reuland, the author argues that the 'strength' of certain pronominal features (Case, person, number) differs cross-linguistically and that parametric variation accounts for the changes in English. The framework used is Minimalist, and Interpretable and Uninterpretable features are seen as the key to explaining the change from a synthetic to an analytic language.
A History of English Reflexive Pronouns
Title | A History of English Reflexive Pronouns PDF eBook |
Author | Elly van Gelderen |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 293 |
Release | 2000-10-20 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 902729917X |
This book brings together a number of seemingly distinct phenomena in the history of English: the introduction of special reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself), the loss of verbal agreement and pro-drop, and the disappearance of morphological Case. It provides vast numbers of examples from Old and Middle English texts showing a person split between first, second, and third person pronouns. Extending an analysis by Reinhart & Reuland, the author argues that the ‘strength’ of certain pronominal features (Case, person, number) differs cross-linguistically and that parametric variation accounts for the changes in English. The framework used is Minimalist, and Interpretable and Uninterpretable features are seen as the key to explaining the change from a synthetic to an analytic language.
A History of the Reflective Pronouns in the English Language
Title | A History of the Reflective Pronouns in the English Language PDF eBook |
Author | Gerhard E. Penning |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 2024-01-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3368719173 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
A History of the Reflective Pronouns in the English Language
Title | A History of the Reflective Pronouns in the English Language PDF eBook |
Author | Gerhard E. Penning |
Publisher | |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 1875 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
A History of the Reflective Pronouns in the English Language
Title | A History of the Reflective Pronouns in the English Language PDF eBook |
Author | Gerhard E. Penning |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 1875 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
A History of the Reflective Pronouns in the English Language
Title | A History of the Reflective Pronouns in the English Language PDF eBook |
Author | Gerhard Eberhard Penning |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1875 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
A History of the English Language
Title | A History of the English Language PDF eBook |
Author | Elly van Gelderen |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Pages | 359 |
Release | 2014-04-03 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027270430 |
The English language in its complex shapes and forms changes fast. This thoroughly revised edition has been refreshed with current examples of change and has been updated regarding archeological research. Most suggestions brought up by users and reviewers have been incorporated, for instance, a family tree for Germanic has been added, Celtic influence is highlighted much more, there is more on the origin of Chancery English, and internal and external change are discussed in much greater detail. The philosophy of the revised book remains the same with an emphasis on the linguistic history and on using authentic texts. My audience remains undergraduates (and beginning graduates). The goals of the class and the book are to come to recognize English from various time periods, to be able to read each stage with a glossary, to get an understanding of typical language change, internal and external, and to understand something about language typology through the emphasis on the change from synthetic to analytic. This book has a companion website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/z.183.website