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Linguistic variation in the Shakespeare corpus : morpho-syntactic variability of second person pronouns /
This study investigates the morpho-syntactic variability of the second person pronouns in the Shakespeare Corpus, seeking to elucidate the factors that underlie their choice. The major part of the work is devoted to analyzing the variation between you and thou, but it also includes chapters that dea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2002.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser. 106. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This study investigates the morpho-syntactic variability of the second person pronouns in the Shakespeare Corpus, seeking to elucidate the factors that underlie their choice. The major part of the work is devoted to analyzing the variation between you and thou, but it also includes chapters that deal with the variation between thy and thine and between ye and you. Methodologically, the study makes use of descriptive statistics, but incorporates both quantitative and qualitative features, drawing in particular on research methods recently developed within the fields of corpus linguistics, socio. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 339 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-331) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027296191 9027296197 9781588112804 1588112802 |
| ISSN: | 0922-842X ; |