Pronouns and Word Order in Old English: With Particular Reference to the Indefinite Pronoun Man

ISBN-13: 9781138918467 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 244 str.

Linda Van Bergen

Opis

First published in 2003, this is a study of the syntactic behaviour of personal pronoun subjects and the indefinite pronoun "man," in Old English. It focuses on differences in word order as compared to full noun phrases. In generative work on Old English, noun phrases have usually divided into two categories: 'nominal' and 'pronominal'. The latter category has typically been restricted to personal pronouns, but despite striking similarities to the behaviour of nominals there has been good reason to believe that "man" should be grouped with personal pronouns. This book explores investigations carried out in conjunction with the aid of the Toronto Corpus, which confirmed this hypothesis.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Topicalisation and (non-)inversion  3. Other aspects of word order in relation to man  4. On the status of man and personal pronouns 5. Topics in Old English clause structure 6. Conclusion;  Bibliography

O autorze

van Bergen, Linda