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Information Structure and Syntactic Change in the History of English
Maria Jose Lopez-Couso And Bettelou Los) (Edited By Anneli Meurman-Solin
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hardcover. The unifying topic of this volume is the role of information structure, broadly conceived, as it interacts with the other levels of linguistic description, syntax, morphology, prosody, semantics and pragmatics. Series: Oxford Studies in the History of English. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Old price sticker on front cover, otherwise as new
Information Structure and Syntactic Change in the History of English is the first book to apply information structure as it relates to language change to a corpus-based analysis of a wide range of features in the evolution of English syntax and grammars of prose in long diachrony. Its unifying topic is the role of information structure, broadly conceived, as it interacts with the other levels of linguistic description, syntax, morphology, prosody, semantics and pragmatics. The volume comprises twelve chapters by leading scholars who take a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. Their work affirms, among other things, that motivations for ... Read more
Information Structure and Syntactic Change in the History of English is the first book to apply information structure as it relates to language change to a corpus-based analysis of a wide range of features in the evolution of English syntax and grammars of prose in long diachrony. Its unifying topic is the role of information structure, broadly conceived, as it interacts with the other levels of linguistic description, syntax, morphology, prosody, semantics and pragmatics. The volume comprises twelve chapters by leading scholars who take a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. Their work affirms, among other things, that motivations for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
OUP US
Condition
Used, Like New
Series
Oxford Studies in the History of English
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199860210
SKU
KSG0031550
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About Maria Jose Lopez-Couso And Bettelou Los) (Edited By Anneli Meurman-Solin
Anneli Meurman-Solin is Senior Researcher in English Historical Linguistics, University of Helsinki. María José López-Couso is Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Bettelou Los is Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics, Radboud University Nijmegen.
Reviews for Information Structure and Syntactic Change in the History of English
This book presents valuable studies that pave the way for a deeper understanding of the interface between syntax and information structure on the diachronic axis...the book is useful not only for those working on the history of English, but for any historical linguist.
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