The syntax of early English /
This book is a guide to the development of English syntax between the Old and Modern periods. Four leading experts in English historical syntax draw on a wealth of empirical data to provide an invaluable introduction to the significant grammatical changes that occurred during the period.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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Colección: | Cambridge syntax guides.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Language change and grammar change
- 2. An outline of Old English syntax
- 3. An outline of Middle English syntax
- 4. The Verb-Second constraint and its loss
- 5. The loss of object-verb word order
- 6. Verb-particles in Old and Middle English
- 7. Changes in infinitival constructions
- 8. The history of the 'easy-to-please' construction
- 9. Grammaticalization and grammar change.