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Nineteenth-century English : stability and change /
The study of the recent history of English is crucial in making connections between early and present day English. This volume focuses on the nineteenth century, an important period of both stability and change for the English language. Through ten detailed case studies, it highlights the relationsh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Studies in English language.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Exploring nineteenth-century English : past and present perspectives / Merja Kytö, Mats Rydén, Erik Smitterberg
- Modifiers describing women and men in nineteenth-century English / Ingegerd Bäcklund
- Words in English record office documents of the early 1800s / Tony Fairman
- The subjunctive in adverbial clauses in nineteenth-century English / Peter Grund and Terry Walker
- The passive in nineteenth-century scientific writing / Larisa Oldireva Gustafsson
- Relativizers in nineteenth-century English / Christine Johansson
- Anaphoric reference in the nineteenth century : that/those + of constructions / Mark Kaunisto
- Adjective comparison in nineteenth-century English / Merja Kytö and Suzanne Romaine
- Nonfinite complement clauses in the nineteenth century : the case of 'remember' / Christian Mair
- The 'in-ing' construction in British English, 1800-2000 / Juhani Rudanko
- Partitive constructions in nineteenth-century English / Erik Smitterberg.