Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics |
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| Editor:
| Adamson, Sylvia M.
Law, Vivien A.
Vincent, Nigel
Wright, Susan |
| ISBN: | 978-1-283-09280-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1990 |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $225.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume is a collection of articles based on papers presented at the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics at Cambridge in 1987. It draws together important state-of-the-art' studies in the syntax, phonology, morphology and semantics of Old, Middle and Modern English by prominent figures in the field into a single volume. Core theoretical areas are well represented and there are also major papers in dialectology, stylistics, metrics, socio-historical...
More DescriptionThis volume is a collection of articles based on papers presented at the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics at Cambridge in 1987. It draws together important state-of-the-art' studies in the syntax, phonology, morphology and semantics of Old, Middle and Modern English by prominent figures in the field into a single volume. Core theoretical areas are well represented and there are also major papers in dialectology, stylistics, metrics, socio-historical linguistics and the history of English linguistics.The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor James P. Thorne, whose last conference paper is included in the collection. Contributors J. Lyons, A. Agutter, J. Algeo, L. Brinton, C. Clark, R. Coleman, X. Dekeyser, D. Denison, B. Elan Dresher, T. Frank, O. Ihalainen, D. Kastovsky, W. Koopman, R. Lass, D. Lightfoot, P. Lucas, D. Minkova, T. Nevalainen, R. Page, F. Plank, P. Poussa, G. Russom, M. Teclaw, I. Tieken, E. Traugott, W. van der Wurff, A. Warner, B. Wrvik.