Studies in the History of the English Language II Unfolding Conversations |
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| Editor:
| Curzan, Anne
Emmons, Kimberly |
| Series title: | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-182658-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2004 |
| Publisher: | Mouton De Gruyter
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| Book Format: | Mixed media product |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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The volume contains selected papers from the SHEL-2 conference held at the University of Washington in Spring 2002. Scholars from North America and Europe address a broad spectrum of research topics in historical English linguistics, including new theories/methods such as Optimality Theory and corpus linguistics, and traditional fields such as phonology and syntax. In each of the four sections - Philology and linguistics; Corpus- and text-based studies; Constraint-based studies; and...
More DescriptionThe volume contains selected papers from the SHEL-2 conference held at the University of Washington in Spring 2002. Scholars from North America and Europe address a broad spectrum of research topics in historical English linguistics, including new theories/methods such as Optimality Theory and corpus linguistics, and traditional fields such as phonology and syntax. In each of the four sections - Philology and linguistics; Corpus- and text-based studies; Constraint-based studies; and Dialectology - leading scholars respond directly to each other's arguments within the volume. The volume captures an ongoing conversation at the heart of historical English linguistics: the question of evidence and historical reconstruction.