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A Historical Syntax of English.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - AdvancedPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (306 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780748694563
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Historical Syntax of EnglishDDC classification:
  • 425
LOC classification:
  • P291 -- .L67 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Abbreviations -- Note on data references -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nominal categories: The loss of nominal morphology -- 3 Verbal categories: The rise of the auxiliaries have and be -- 4 Verbal categories: The rise of the modal auxiliaries -- 5 Complementation -- 6 The structure of the clause -- 7 Verb-Second -- 8 Syntax and discourse -- Appendix 1: Cynewulf and Cyneheard -- Appendix 2: Beowulf -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book discusses a number of approaches to charting the major developments in the syntax of English, addressing key issues of interpretation and focus for the benefit of students of the topic.
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Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Abbreviations -- Note on data references -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nominal categories: The loss of nominal morphology -- 3 Verbal categories: The rise of the auxiliaries have and be -- 4 Verbal categories: The rise of the modal auxiliaries -- 5 Complementation -- 6 The structure of the clause -- 7 Verb-Second -- 8 Syntax and discourse -- Appendix 1: Cynewulf and Cyneheard -- Appendix 2: Beowulf -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book discusses a number of approaches to charting the major developments in the syntax of English, addressing key issues of interpretation and focus for the benefit of students of the topic.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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