A Brief History of English Syntax

ISBN-13: 9780521747974 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 246 str.

Olga Fischer; Wim Van Der Wurff; Hendrik De Smet

Opis

An accessible, up-to-date account of the major changes in English syntax since its beginnings up to the present day.

Recenzje

'A data-rich fresh look at the history of English, its NP, VP and clausal structure, with an eye for the role of language contact.' Elly Van Gelderen, Arizona State University

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Data and data handling; 3. Theoretical models and morpho-syntactic change; 4. The role of contact in syntactic change in English; 5. The noun phrase; 6. The verb phrase; 7. Clausal constituents; 8. Subordinate clauses; 9. Word order; 10. References; Index.