The Non-Surviving Preterite-Present Verbs in English - The Demise of *dugan, munan, *-nugan, *thurfan, and unnan (Hardcover, New edition)

Based on four historical corpora, the book is a comprehensive study of the demise of five preterite-present verbs in English. It offers a detailed description of their distribution in Old and Middle English. The subsequent comparison of the forms and uses of the preterite-presents in the two periods allows the author to suggest the reasons for their elimination from the language. The discussion focuses on phonological and morphological changes the verbs underwent as well as on the syntactic structures they appeared in. Yet, the study does not ignore factors of extra-linguistic nature such as genres in which the verbs were frequently found and the potential rivalry with other items of native and foreign origin.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature, 51
Release date:	August 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Anna Wojtys
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	258
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-72950-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General
LSN:	3-631-72950-2
Barcode:	9783631729502

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