Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics

Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-90-272-3562-6
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 65, 583 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 1240 g

Reihe: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory

This volume is a collection of articles based on papers presented at the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics at Cambridge in 1987. It draws together important state-of-the-art' studies in the syntax, phonology, morphology and semantics of Old, Middle and Modern English by prominent figures in the field into a single volume. Core theoretical areas are well represented and there are also major papers in dialectology, stylistics, metrics, socio-historical linguistics and the history of English linguistics.The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor James P. Thorne, whose last conference paper is included in the collection.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adamson, Sylvia M.

Law, Vivien A.

Vincent, Nigel

Wright, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik