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English language --- Anglais (Langue) --- Variation --- 802.0-024 --- -Germanic languages --- Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- -Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- 802.0-024 Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- -802.0-024 Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- Germanic languages --- Dialects --- English language - Variation

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The present volume is an empirical, corpus-based study of the progressive in 19th-century English. As the 1800s have been relatively neglected in previous research, and as the study is based on a new cross-genre corpus focusing on this period (CONCE = A Corpus of Nineteenth-Century English), the volume adds significantly to our knowledge of the historical development of the progressive. The use of two separate measures enables an accurate account of the frequency development of the progressive, which is also related to multi-feature/multi-dimensional analyses. Other topics covered include the complexity of progressive verb phrases and the distribution of the construction across linguistic parameters such as clause type. Special attention is paid to progressives that express something beyond purely aspectual meaning. The results show that the progressive became more fully integrated into English grammar over the 19th century, but also that linguistic and extralinguistic parameters affected this integration process; for instance, the construction was more common in women’s than in men’s private letters. Owing to the wide methodological scope of the study, it is of interest to linguists specializing in corpus linguistics, language variation and change, verbal syntax, the progressive, or the linguistic expression of aspect, either in synchrony or diachrony.

English language --- Tense. --- 802.0-024 --- 802.0-56 --- Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- 802.0-024 Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- Germanic languages --- English language - Tense.

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English language --- Adverb. --- Grammar, Historical. --- 802.0-024 --- 802.0-56 --- -English language --- -Germanic languages --- Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Adverb --- Grammar, Historical --- -Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- 802.0-024 Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- -802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Germanic languages --- English language - Adverb. --- English language - Early modern, 1500-1700 - Adverb. --- English language - Grammar, Historical. --- Anglais (langue) --- Adverbes --- Adverbe

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Nineteenth-century English can in many ways be claimed to have laid the foundations for the present-day language, but until recently it has not received as much attention from scholars of linguistics as the English of earlier periods. This book provides an introduction to the distinctive features of nineteenth-century English in England, from spelling to text-types. It examines a wide range of varieties, including political speeches, newspaper articles, advertisements, obituaries, Sunday School poetry, and culinary recipes, so as to illustrate the range of dialects and levels found in the language of that period. The first part of the book provides an overview of the subject, while the second part contains an extensive selection of texts. 100 exercises spread throughout the book serve to introduce the student to the problems and methods involved in English historical linguistics.

English language --- Grammar --- Social aspects --- Variation --- Dialects --- Grammar, Historical --- England --- Languages --- 802.0-024 --- Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- 802.0-024 Modern Engels--(vanaf 16de eeuw) --- Germanic languages --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- England and Wales --- Languages. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Grammar. --- Grammar, Historical. --- English language - 19th century - Grammar --- English language - Social aspects - England --- English language - Variation - England --- English language - Dialects - England --- English language - Grammar, Historical --- England - Languages