Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Cambridge, 6-9 April 1987

Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Cambridge, 6-9 April 1987
Title Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Cambridge, 6-9 April 1987 PDF eBook
Author Sylvia Adamson
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 616
Release 1990-01-01
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027235627

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This volume is a collection of articles based on papers presented at the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics at Cambridge in 1987. It draws together important state-of-the-art' studies in the syntax, phonology, morphology and semantics of Old, Middle and Modern English by prominent figures in the field into a single volume. Core theoretical areas are well represented and there are also major papers in dialectology, stylistics, metrics, socio-historical linguistics and the history of English linguistics.The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor James P. Thorne, whose last conference paper is included in the collection.

English Historical Syntax

English Historical Syntax
Title English Historical Syntax PDF eBook
Author David Denison
Publisher Routledge
Pages 591
Release 2014-06-11
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1317887689

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This study brings together many of the resources needed for the exploration of English historical syntax and deals with many of the important changes in English sentence structure from Old English to present. It also features a survey of published research from both classical and modern linguistic traditions, as well as new research by the author. Provides guidance on methodology, important reference materials, and the general history of the English language.

Motives for Language Change

Motives for Language Change
Title Motives for Language Change PDF eBook
Author Raymond Hickey
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 298
Release 2003-01-16
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1139433679

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This specially commissioned volume considers the processes involved in language change and the issues of how they can be modelled and studied. The way languages change offers an insight into the nature of language itself, its internal organisation, and how it is acquired and used. Accordingly, the phenomenon of language change has been approached from a variety of perspectives by linguists of many different orientations. This book, originally published in 2003, brings together an international team of leading figures from different areas of linguistics to re-examine some of the central issues in this field and also to discuss new proposals. The volume is arranged into sections, including grammaticalisation, the typological perspective, the social context of language change and contact-based explanations. It seeks to cover the subject as a whole, bearing in mind its relevance for the general analysis of language, and will appeal to a broad international readership.

English Historical Linguistics. Volume 1

English Historical Linguistics. Volume 1
Title English Historical Linguistics. Volume 1 PDF eBook
Author Alexander Bergs
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 1196
Release 2012-05-29
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110251590

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The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics

The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics
Title The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics PDF eBook
Author Merja Kytö
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 1092
Release 2016-05-03
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1316472914

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English historical linguistics is a subfield of linguistics which has developed theories and methods for exploring the history of the English language. This Handbook provides an account of state-of-the-art research on this history. It offers an in-depth survey of materials, methods, and language-theoretical models used to study the long diachrony of English. The frameworks covered include corpus linguistics, historical sociolinguistics, historical pragmatics and manuscript studies, among others. The chapters, by leading experts, examine the interplay of language theory and empirical data throughout, critically assessing the work in the field. Of particular importance are the diverse data sources which have become increasingly available in electronic form, allowing the discipline to develop in new directions. The Handbook offers access to the rich and many-faceted spectrum of work in English historical linguistics, past and present, and will be useful for researchers and students interested in hands-on research on the history of English.

English Historical Linguistics 2006

English Historical Linguistics 2006
Title English Historical Linguistics 2006 PDF eBook
Author Maurizio Gotti
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 223
Release 2008
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027248125

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The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). Alongside studies of syntax, morphology, lexis and semantics, published in two sister volumes, many innovative contributions focused on geo-historical variation in English. A carefully peer-reviewed selection, including two plenary lectures, appears here in print for the first time, bearing witness to the increasing scholarly interest in varieties of English other than so-called 'standard' English. In all the contributions, well-established methods of historical dialectology combine with new theoretical approaches, in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. Perceptual dialectology is also taken into consideration, and state-of-the-art tools, such as electronic corpora and atlases, are employed consistently, ensuring the methodological homogeneity of the contributions.

The Cambridge History of the English Language

The Cambridge History of the English Language
Title The Cambridge History of the English Language PDF eBook
Author Richard M. Hogg
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 828
Release 1992
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780521264778

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The volumes of The Cambridge history of the English language reflect the spread of English from its beginnings in Anglo-Saxon England to its current role as a multifaceted global language that dominates international communication in the 21st century.