Syntactic change in late modern English : studies on colloquialization and densification /

Syntactic change in late modern English : studies on colloquialization and densification /

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Author / Creator:	Smitterberg, Eric, 1973- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	1 online resource ( xii, 302 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in English language Studies in English language.
Subject:	English language -- 18th century -- Syntax. English language -- 19th century -- Syntax. English language -- Grammar, Historical. Anglais (Langue) -- 18e siècle -- Syntaxe. Anglais (Langue) -- 19e siècle -- Syntaxe. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative. English language -- Grammar, Historical. English language -- Syntax.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12774279

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ISBN:	9781108564984 1108564984 9781108629560 1108629563 9781108474221 1108474225
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 25, 2022).
Other form:	Print version: Smitterberg, Eric, 1973- Syntactic change in late modern English Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108474221

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Sociocultural and linguistic change in Late Modern English
Aspects of language change
Methodological framework
Colloquialization I : not-contraction
Colloquialization II : co-ordination by and
Densification I : nouns as premodifiers in noun phrases
Densification II : participle clauses as postmodifiers in noun phrases
Concluding discussion.