Erik Smitterberg (Sweden Uppsala Universitet)

Syntactic Change in Late Modern English

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Resolving the stability paradox of Late Modern English, this book gives a new framework for language change, which includes corpus linguistics methodology. The framework is applicable to any language making the book essential reading for academic researchers and advanced students in historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, and sociolinguistics.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in English Language
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781108463973
• ISBN-10: 1108463975
• Artikelnr.: 69298711

Autorenporträt

Erik Smitterberg is Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics in the Department of English at Uppsala University. Recent publications include Late Modern English (co-edited, 2020).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Change in Late Modern English
3. Aspects of Language Change
4. Methodological Framework
5. Colloquialization I: Not-Contraction
6. Colloquialization II: Co-Ordination by and
7. Densification I: Nouns as Premodifiers in Noun Phrases
8. Densification II: Participle Clauses as Postmodifiers in Noun Phrases
9. Concluding Discussion
Appendix
References
Index.