Studies in the History of the English Language VI: Evidence and Method in Histories of English

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2015

Studies in the History of the English Language VI

Evidence and Method in Histories of English

Edited by: Michael Adams , Laurel J. Brinton and R.D. Fulk

Volume 85 in the series Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110345957

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The relationships among data, evidence, and methodology in English historical linguistics are perennially vexed. This volume – which ranges chronologically from Old to Present-Day English and from manuscripts to corpora – challenges a wide variety of assumptions and practices and illustrates how diverse methods and approaches construct evidence for historical linguistic arguments from an increasingly large and diverse body of linguistic data.

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Michael Adams and R. D. Fulk, Indiana University, USA; Laurel J. Brinton, University of British Columbia, Canada.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction: Evidence and method in the historical study of English Michael Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Corpora, Evidence, Method
The development of free adjuncts in English and Dutch Lauren Fonteyn and Hubert Cuyckens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Semantic dependencies and the history of ellipsis alternation Joanna Nykiel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
The phrasal verb in American English: Using corpora to track down historical trends in particle distribution, register variation, and noun collocations Chris C. Palmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
On the grammaticalization of the thing is and related issues in the history of American English Reijirou Shibasaki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Alfredian īo ~ ēo, reluctant function words, and Schriftbilder Betty S. Phillips Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Part II. Reconfiguring History: Overlooked Evidence of English
Metrical resolution, spelling, and the reconstruction of Old English syllabification Donka Minkova Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
The shortest history of vowel lengthening in English Anatoly Liberman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Vowel system restructuring in the West Midlands of England Paul A. Johnston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Style and politics in The Battle of Brunanburh and The Battle of Maldon Megan E. Hartman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Trinitarian terminology in Old English liturgical creeds Don Chapman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Part III. Emerging Paradigms: New Methods, New Evidence
Ælc þara þe þas min word gehierþ and þa wyrcþ ... : Psycholinguistic perspectives on early Englishes Alexander Bergs and Meike Pentrel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Complex systems and the history of the English language William A. Kretzschmar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
An ideological history of the English term onomatopoeia Colette Moore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Name index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 337
Keywords: History of English; Data; Evidence; Methodology

eBook

Published: December 12, 2014
ISBN: 9783110345957

Hardcover

Published: November 27, 2014
ISBN: 9783110345919