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Diversity and Diachrony.
This volume contains a selection of papers originally presented at the 12th Conference on New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAVE), held in Montréal in 1983. It is divided into three sections: 1. Varieties of English and their history; 2. Change and variation in Romance; 3. Functions and discourse.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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John Benjamins Publishing Company
1986.
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| Colección: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume contains a selection of papers originally presented at the 12th Conference on New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAVE), held in Montréal in 1983. It is divided into three sections: 1. Varieties of English and their history; 2. Change and variation in Romance; 3. Functions and discourse. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (444 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. REFERENCESMORE EVIDENCE FOR MAJOR VOWEL CHANGEIN THE SOUTH; METHODOLOGY; RESULTS; BACK SHIFT; FRONT SHIFT; UPPER CLASS; CONCLUSIONS; SUMMARY; NOTES; REFERENCES; VARIATION AND THE STUDY OF English HISTORICAL SYNTAX; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE DEVELOPMENT OF PREVERBAL ONLY IN EARLY MODERN English; INTRODUCTION; THE DATA BASE; PREVERBAL POSITION OF ONLY; KNOCKOUT CONTEXTS; FEATURES PROMOTING PREVERBAL ONLY; FEATURE HIERARCHY; WHY PREVERBAL ONLY?; CONCLUSION; NOTES; TEXTS QUOTED; REFERENCES; ON THE USE OF THE MODAL AUXILIARIES CAN AND MAY IN EARLY AMERICAN English; 1. EARLY AMERICAN English; 2. TEXTS |
| ISBN: | 1283313987 9781283313988 9786613313980 661331398X 9027279438 9789027279439 |