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Middle English verbs of emotion and impersonal constructions : verb meaning and syntax in diachrony /

Impersonal constructions in the history of English form a puzzling category, in that there has been uncertainty as to why some verbs are attested in such constructions while others are not, even though they look almost synonymous. This book tackles this under-discussed question in one of the most po...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miura, Ayumi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Colección:Oxford studies in the history of English.
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520 8 |a Impersonal constructions in the history of English form a puzzling category, in that there has been uncertainty as to why some verbs are attested in such constructions while others are not, even though they look almost synonymous. This book tackles this under-discussed question in one of the most popular topics of English historical syntax, with special reference to verbs of emotion in Middle English. 
505 0 |a ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""LIST OF TABLES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""1.1 Aims of the Book""; ""1.2 Definitions of â€?Impersonalsâ€? in Previous Studies""; ""1.2.1 Terminological Controversy""; ""1.2.2 Morphosyntactic Definitions of Impersonals""; ""1.2.3 Historical Outline of Impersonals""; ""1.2.4 Semantic Definitions of Impersonals""; ""1.2.4.1 Meanings Expressed by â€?Impersonal Constructionsâ€?""; ""1.2.4.2 Meanings Expressed by â€?Impersonal Verbsâ€?""; ""1.3 Issues to be Addressed"" 
505 8 |a 1.3.1 Feasibility of Making Semantic Distinctions between Impersonal and Non-impersonal Verbs1.3.2 Emphasis on Middle English -- 1.3.3 Insights from Psych-Verbs in Modern Languages -- 1.4 Outline of the Book -- Chapter 2 Theoretical and Methodological Considerations -- 2.1 Positive and Negative Evidence for Studying the Syntax of a Historical Language -- 2.2 Case Studies of Near-synonymous Verbs in Early English -- 2.2.1 Elmer (1983) in Valency-Based Grammar -- 2.2.2 Denison (1990) and Loureiro-Porto (2009) on Complementation Patterns 
505 8 |a ""2.2.3 Allen (1995) and the Role of Animacy""""2.2.4 Carroll (1997) in Levinâ€?s (1993) Framework""; ""2.3 Semantic Roles: Descriptive Adequacy""; ""2.4 Event Structure of Psych-Verbs in Modern Languages""; ""2.4.1 Causation""; ""2.4.2 Aspect: Stative or Non-stative""; ""2.5 Summary: Organizational Framework of the Main Data Analysis""; ""Chapter 3 Verbs of Emotion and the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary""; ""3.1 Limiting the Field of Investigation""; ""3.2 The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary (HTOED)""; ""3.3 Problems with Using the HTOED"" 
505 8 |a Chapter 4 Old and Middle English Impersonal Verbs of Emotion: Analysis from Dictionary Meanings4.1 Initial Processes of List-Compiling -- 4.2 Pleasure/Enjoyment -- 4.3 Mental Pain/Suffering -- 4.4 Anger -- 4.5 Hatred/Enmity -- 4.6 Pity/Compassion -- 4.7 Humility -- 4.8 Fear -- 4.9 Summary: Regularities across Semantic Categories? -- Chapter 5 Semantic Distinctions between Impersonal and Non-impersonal Verbs of Emotion: Evidence from Entries in the Middle English Dictionary -- 5.1 Choice of Corpora: Using the MED Entries as a Database 
505 8 |a 5.2 Factors to Examine Revisited5.3 Verbs of Fear -- 5.3.1 Characteristics of Impersonal Constructions -- 5.3.2 Impersonal and Non-impersonal Verbs Compared -- 5.3.2.1 Before the Fourteenth Century -- 5.3.2.2 From the Fourteenth Century -- 5.4 Verbs of Anger -- 5.4.1 Characteristics of Impersonal Constructions -- 5.4.2 Impersonal and Non-impersonal Verbs Compared -- 5.4.2.1 Before the Fourteenth Century -- 5.4.2.2 From the Fourteenth Century -- 5.5 Verbs of Pity/Compassion -- 5.5.1 Characteristics of Impersonal Constructions 
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