Ruth Mohlig-Falke

Early English Impersonal Construction

An Analysis of Verbal and Constructional Meaning

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Produktbeschreibung

The Early English Impersonal Construction aims to demonstrate that an understanding of the functional and semantic aspects of impersonal verbs in Old and Middle English can shed light on questions that remain about these verbs today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 46mm
• Gewicht: 953g
• ISBN-13: 9780199777723
• ISBN-10: 0199777721
• Artikelnr.: 37253806

Autorenporträt

Ruth Möhlig-Falke is Lecturer in English Linguistics at the University of Heidelberg.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. The Impersonal Construction in English
* 2. Functional Aspects of Old English Grammar
* 3. Aspects of Verb Meaning and Constructional Meaning: Theory and
Methodology
* 4. Semantic Analysis of Old English Verbs Capable of Impersonal Use
* 5. Investigation of the Impersonal Syntactic Uses of Old English
Verbs
* 6. A Comparison with Alternative Syntactic Constructions
* 7. The Diachronic Perspective: An Outlook to the Impersonal
Construction in Middle and
* 8. Conclusion
* Appendices
* Bibliography
* Index