Peter Petré

Constructions and Environments

Copular, Passive, and Related Constructions in Old and Middle English

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes and analyzes various changes in the distribution of copular and passive verb constructions in Old and Middle English, and, by way of these case studies, presents and tests several new theories that have major implications for construction grammar and linguistic change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Prairie Wind Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780199373390
• ISBN-10: 0199373396
• Artikelnr.: 40541933

Autorenporträt

Peter Petré holds a PhD in linguistics from the KU Leuven (University of Leuven). His research aims at keeping a wide view, combining insights and research methods from linguistics, history, philosophy, and research on evolutionary systems.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Environmental linguistics
Chapter 2: In dialogue with previous studies
Chapter 3: Theory and method
Chapter 4: The past tense
Chapter 5: The present tense
Chapter 6: Copularization of becumet and weaxet
Chapter 7: Evaluation of the results
Appendix 1: list of primary sources cited
Appendix 2: LEON-alpha
Appendix 3: Data
References