Verbs of Speaking and the Linguistic Expression of Communication in the History of English (Hardcover, New edition)

English verbs of speaking have been affected by profound and intriguing changes, in particular between Old and Middle English. These changes crucially involve the loss of the verb cwethan and its replacement by say, which remains the most common verb of speaking to this day. The present study provides an exhaustive corpus-based, cross-period, and multi-dimensional appraisal of verbs of speaking used as part of the linguistic expression of communication in the history of English situated within a frame-semantic and constructionist framework. Moreover, it elucidates the fascinating changes affecting the verbs used to talk about communication between Old and Middle English. Also, this study sheds light on the functions of medially placed reporting clauses emerging in the Middle English period.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	MUSE: Munich Studies in English, 47
Release date:	August 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Christoph Anton Xaver Hauf
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	324
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-82955-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General
LSN:	3-631-82955-8
Barcode:	9783631829554

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