Olga Fischer, ANS van Kemenade, Willem Koopman

The Syntax of Early English

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a guide to the development of English syntax between the Old and Modern periods.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780521556262
• ISBN-10: 0521556260
• Artikelnr.: 21231548

Inhaltsangabe

1. Language change and grammar change
2. An outline of Old English syntax
3. An outline of Middle English syntax
4. The Verb Second constraint and its loss
5. The loss of object-verb word order
6. Verb-particles in Old and Middle English
7. Changes in infinitival constructions
8. The history of the 'easy to please' construction
9. Grammaticalization and grammar change.