Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 0748694560
9780748694563
0748694579
9780748694570
0748641432
0748641440
9780748641444
9780748641437
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file
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| Notes: | "This book presents an overview of the major changes in English syntax from Old English times until the present day"--Page xviii.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-266) and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Aimed at advanced students, this book discusses a number of approaches to charting the major developments in the syntax of English. It does not assume any knowledge of Old or Middle English or of formal syntax, although students should be familiar with traditional syntactic concepts such as verbs and nouns, subjects and objects, and linguistic concepts such as morphology and case. Bettelou Los draws on explanations from both formal and functional approaches to explore how syntactic changes are the product of the interaction of many internal and external factors. Discusses internal factors such as the loss of morphology and pressure from analogy Covers external factors such as the sociolinguistic impact of language and dialect contact Strikes a balance between theoretical explanation and accessibility to readers with no background in formal syntax
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| Other form: | Print version: Los, Bettelou. Historical syntax of English. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2015 0748641440
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