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The present book covers various aspects of prepositional syntax between c. 900-1400, including case relations and the range of prepositional complements; it also examines word order, both within the PP and at clause level, and it explores changes in clausal word order. Furthermore, it provides a detailed semantic analysis of the three prepositions at, in and on in selected Old and Middle English texts, which shows to what extent the relative distribution of these prepositions changed during that period and how they gradually acquired new, extended senses.The front cover illustration renders th

802.0-022 --- 802.0-023 --- 802.0-023 Middelengels --- Middelengels --- 802.0-022 Oudengels --- Oudengels --- Grammar --- Historical linguistics --- Anglo-Saxon language (c. 600-1100) --- English language --- anno 500-1499 --- Germanic languages --- Prepositions. --- Syntax.

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This 2003 study uses evidence from early English verse to reconstruct the course of some central phonological changes in the history of the language. It builds on the premise that alliteration reflects faithfully the acoustic identity and similarity of stressed syllable onsets. Individual chapters cover the history of the velars, the structure and history of vowel-initial syllable onsets, the behaviour of onset clusters, and the chronology and motivation of cluster reduction (gn-, kn-, hr-, hl-, hn-, hw-, wr-, wl-). Examination of the patterns of group alliteration in Old and Middle English reveals a hierarchy of cluster-internal cohesiveness which leads to new conclusions regarding the causes for the special treatment of sp-, st-, sk- in alliteration. The analysis draws on phonetically based Optimality-Theoretic models. The book presents valuable information about the medieval poetic canon and elucidates the relationship between orality and literacy in the evolution of English verse.

Alliteration --- English language --- -English language --- -802.0-022 --- 802.0-023 --- 802.0-4 --- 802.0-4 Engels: fonetiek fonologie --- Engels: fonetiek fonologie --- 802.0-023 Middelengels --- Middelengels --- 802.0-022 Oudengels --- Oudengels --- Rhyme --- Versification --- Germanic languages --- Phonology --- Phonology, Historical --- Verb --- Alliteratie --- Allitération --- -Rhyme --- -Phonology --- 802.0-022 --- 802.0-4 Engels: fonetiek; fonologie --- Engels: fonetiek; fonologie --- Phonetics, Diachronic --- Phonology, Diachronic --- Middle English, 1100-1500 --- Old English, ca. 450-1100 --- Phonology [Historical ] --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Alliteration. --- Phonology. --- Versification. --- Phonology, Historical.

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This book brings together a variety of approaches to English corpus linguistics and shows how corpus methodologies can contribute to the linking of diachronic and synchronic studies. The articles in this volume investigate historical changes in the English language as well as specific aspects of Middle and Modern English and, moreover, of English dialects. The contributions also discuss the development of English corpus linguistics generally and its potential in the future. Special focus is given to the continuity between Middle and Modern English - much in line with the linking in previous st

English language --- Corpora (Linguistics) --- Corpus-based analysis (Linguistics) --- Corpus linguistics --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Middle English language --- History. --- 802.0-022 --- 802.0-023 --- 802.0-02 --- 802.0-023 Middelengels --- Middelengels --- 802.0-022 Oudengels --- Oudengels --- 802.0-02 Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-02 --- Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-02 --- History --- Germanic languages --- English language - History --- English language - Middle English, 1100-1500

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This volume offers a selection of 19 papers from those read at the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics in Edinburgh. Many of the writers are established authorities in the field, but there are also significant contributions from a younger generation of scholars. The topics discussed span the whole history of English from the Common Germanic period to the present century and the book also includes, as appropriate to the Conference venue, a number of papers on aspects of the historical development of Scots and Scottish English.

English language --- Grammar, Historical --- Congresses. --- History --- Historical linguistics --- 802.0-02 --- 802.0-56 --- -English language --- -802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- 802.0-02 Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-02 --- Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-02 --- -Congresses --- 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Germanic languages --- Grammar, Historical&delete& --- Congresses --- History&delete&

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English language --- Prepositions. --- Syntax. --- Grammar --- 802.0-56 --- -English language --- -802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Germanic languages --- Prepositions --- Syntax --- Anglais (Langue) --- Prépositions --- Syntaxe --- 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Prepositional phrases