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English Historical Linguistics 1994 : Papers from the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (8 ICEHL, Edinburgh, 19-23 September 1994).
Title:
English Historical Linguistics 1994 : Papers from the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (8 ICEHL, Edinburgh, 19-23 September 1994).
Author:
Britton, Derek.
ISBN:
9789027276254
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (411 pages)
Series:
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
Contents:
ENGLISH HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 1994 -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- FOREWORD -- Table of contents -- 1. PHONOLOGY -- Tertiary stress in Old English:Some reflections on explanatory inadequacy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Medial palatalization of */sk/ -- 3. Palatal diphthongization of back vowels -- 4. Apparent failure of First Fronting -- 5. Suffixal vowels -- 6. A first conclusion -- 7. A second conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Verse Structure as Evidence for ProsodicReconstruction in Old English -- 0. Overview -- 1. Matching verse to language: inherited attitudes -- 2. The multiple stress levels of Old English: the naming game -- 3. The matching game: matches in heaven, limbo, and hell -- 3.1 Matches made in heaven: primary stress -- 3.2 Matches made in limbo: secondary stress. -- 3.3 Matches made in hell: tertiary stress -- 4. Retraction. How intractable is tertiary stress? -- Notes -- References -- On the Syllable Weight of -VC# in Old English: A Metrical Perspective -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Strong verb morphology -- 3. High vowel deletion -- 4. Minimal phonological weight for lexical words: a bimoraic minimalityrequirement -- 5. Lift formation in alliterative verse -- 6. Kaluza's law 1: resolution in the second position of type Ala -- 7. Kaluza's law 2: suspension of resolution in the third position of typesA2k, C, and Dl -- 8. Two constraints on poetic compound formation -- 9. The second position of types A2k (- - -) and E (- - - -) -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Old English Short Diphthongs and the Theory of Glide Emergence -- 1. Relation to previous work -- 2. Evidence of monomoricity -- 3. The two systems of stressed nuclei and exchanges between them -- 4. Why "breaking" was not epenthesis -- 5. Criteria to evaluate explanations of "breaking" -- 6. Existing accounts -- 7. Assessments.

8. Failure to converge -- Notes -- References -- On the Use of the Past to Explain the Present: The History of /r/ in English and Scots. -- Notes -- References -- 2. MORPHOLOGY -- Verbal Derivation in English: A Historical SurveyOrMuch Ado About Nothing -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Word-formation theory, semantics and deverbal vs. denominal derivation -- 3. Denominal derivation in Old English -- 4. The Indo-European background and morphological typology -- 5. From OE to Modern English -- Notes -- References -- Snowball Effect in Lexical DiffusionThe Development of -s in the Third Person Singular Present Indicative in English -- 1. Introductory remarks -- 2. Diffusion from word to word -- 3. Diffusion from speaker to speaker -- 4. Diffusion from site to site -- 5. Concluding remarks -- Appendix A -- Notes -- References -- The 3rd Plural Present Indicative in Early Modern English - Variation and Linguistic Contact -- Notes -- References -- Morphological Standardization:The Strong Verbs in Scots -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Strong verbs in the early history of English and Scots -- 2.1 Germanic and Old English -- 2.2 Middle English -- 2.3 Early Scots -- 3. Strong verbs in Scots -- 3.1 Nisbet's New Testament -- 3.2 Interlude -- 3.3 William Wye Smith's translation of the New Testament (1901) -- 3.4 William Laughton Lorimer's translation (1967) -- 3.5 Strong verbs in Smith and Lorimer compared -- 3.5.1 Introduction -- 3.5.2 Conservative features in the verbal system -- 3.5.3 Innovation -- 3.5.4 Idiosyncratic forms -- 3.6 The evidence of Modern Scots usage in the 1990s -- 3.7 Standard Scots? -- Notes -- References -- 3. LEXIS -- Scandinavian Loans and Processes of Word-Formationin ME: Some Preliminary Considerations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Derivation. Analysis of derived loans -- 2.1 Grammatical categories -- 2.2 Type of text -- 2.3 Chronological periods.

2.4 Some final considerations about derivation -- 3. Compounding. Analysis of compound loans -- 3.1 Grammatical categories -- 3.2 Text type -- 3.3 Chronological periods -- 4. Compounding and derivation: complex forms in our corpus -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Towards Syntactic Isomorphism and Semantic Dissimilation: The Semantics and Syntax ofProspective Verbs in Early Modern English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Prospective verbs and their meanings -- 3. The syntax-semantics interface -- 4. Evidence of change in the field of prospective verbs -- 5. Conclusion: Towards iconicity? -- Notes -- Reading Corpus -- References -- 4. SYNTAX -- Evidence for Clitic Adverbs in Old EnglishAn Evaluation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pronouns as clitics -- 3. Adverbs as clitics -- 4. Corpus -- 5. Findings and analysis -- 5.1 A single adverb in a clitic position -- 5.2 Preliminary conclusion -- 6. The adverb is not the only element in a clitic position -- 6.1 Position A -- 6.2 Position B -- 6.3 Position C -- 7. A different interpretation for some adverbs in position A -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Verbal Complementation in Early ME: How Do The Infinitives Fit In? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous literature: the choice in complementation types -- 3. Complementation types in early ME -- 3.1 General -- 3.2 Discussion of the data -- 3.2.1 Helpen -- 3.2.2 Bidden/beden -- 4. Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Editions Used -- References -- A Look at That/Zero Variation in Restoration English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. That/zero variation in the corpus -- 2.1 Knock-out contexts -- 2.2 That and zero as true alternatives -- 2.2.1 Style -- 2.2.2 Relative frequency of the matrix predicate -- 2.2.3 Presence of intervening elements -- 2.2.4 Nature of the complement clause subject -- 3. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- The Case of the Unmarked Pronoun -- Primary Sources.

References -- 5. SOCIOHISTORICAL LINGUISTICS -- Social Stratification in Tudor English? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Social stratification -- 2.1 Social class v. social order -- 2.2 Social change in early modern England -- 2.3 The problem of literacy -- 3. The material -- 4. The linguistic variables -- 4.1 YE v. YOU -- 4.2 THE WHICH -- 4.3 WHO v. WHICH -- 4.4 BE v. ARE -- 5. Significance of the distributional differences -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Social Network Theoryand Eighteenth-Century EnglishThe Case of Boswell -- Notes -- References -- Eighteenth-Century Normative Grammar in Practice The Case of Captain Cook -- 1. Previous studies of Cook's language -- 2. Background -- 3. Previous studies of eighteenth-century idiolects -- 4. Methodology -- 5. Cook's language -- 5.1 A change of register? -- 5.2 Variants showing a marked decline in relative frequency -- 5.3 Hyper correction -- 5.4 Syntagmatic factors -- 5.5 Avoidance -- 5.6 Other marked variants -- 6. Potential linguistic influences on Cook -- Notes -- References -- The Jocks and the Geordies: Modified Standards inEighteenth-Century Pronouncing Dictionaries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Jocks, Geordies and other "provincials" -- 3. Models of correct usage in the provinces: the "tempered medium" -- 4. Three eighteenth-century pronouncing dictionaries -- 4.1 Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language -- 4.2 John Burn's Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language -- 4.3 John Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary -- 5. Two sound changes in progress in the eighteenth century -- 5.1 The "splitting" of short /u/ -- 5.2 "Sinking the liquefaction" -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix -- Systems of notation and distribution of sounds -- Walker -- Burn -- Spence -- Notes -- References -- 6. INDEXES -- INDEX OF PERSONS -- INDEX OF CONCEPTS AND TERMS.
Abstract:
This volume offers a selection of 19 papers from those read at the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics in Edinburgh. Many of the writers are established authorities in the field, but there are also significant contributions from a younger generation of scholars. The topics discussed span the whole history of English from the Common Germanic period to the present century and the book also includes, as appropriate to the Conference venue, a number of papers on aspects of the historical development of Scots and Scottish English.
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