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Studies in the History of the English Language V - Variation and Change in English Grammar and Lexicon: Contemporary Approaches (Hardcover)
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Studies in the History of the English Language V - Variation and Change in English Grammar and Lexicon: Contemporary Approaches (Hardcover)
Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]
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This collection of essays focuses on current approaches to
variation and change in historical English grammar and lexicon. Of
the twelve papers in the collection, half are based on grammar and
syntax, half on lexical developments. The volume highlights the
contributions that strong empirical research can make to our
knowledge of the development of English grammar, especially as
realized in lexical development. In illustration of contemporary
research trends, the articles in the collection make strong use of
extralinguistic factors to discuss language change as well as argue
for internal and structural development. The authors are drawn from
nine different countries, and each article is followed by a
commentary and response that provide actual dialogue about the
issues in the field, thus representing world-wide discussion of
issues in the history of English. The essays recognize the
different audiences for historical variation and change - formal
linguists, sociolinguists, and lexicographers - and specifically
address the interests and discourse in those areas. The volume
shows how historical studies of English are increasingly engaged
with contemporary trends in linguistics, at the same time as
demonstrating how empirical and other methods can bring classical
philology fully into the sphere of contemporary linguistics without
abandoning its traditional concerns.
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