Studies in the history of the English language II : unfolding conversations /
Studies in the history of the English language II : unfolding conversations /
Unfolding conversations
edited by Anne Curzan, Kimberly Emmons.
- xii, 500 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Topics in English linguistics .
- Topics in English linguistics. .
Papers originally delievered at the biennial meeting of the Studies in History of the English Language conference, University of Washington, Seattle, in March 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : linguistics and philology / Philology, linguistics, and the history of [hw]-[w] / An essay in historical sociolinguistics? : on Donka Minkova's "philology, linguistics, and the history of [hw]-[w]" / A brief response / Why we should not believe in short diphthongs / Extended forms (streckformen) in English / Linguistic change in words one owns : how trademarks become "generic" / Introduction : corpus- and text-based studies / The meanings and uses of the progressive construction in an early eighteenth-century English network / Investigating the expressive progressive : on Susan M. Fitzmaurice's "the meanings and uses of the progressive construction in an early eighteenth-century English network" / A brief response / Modal use across registers and time / The need for good texts : the case of Henry Machyn's day book, 1550-1563 / The peril of firsts : dating Rawlinson MS poet. 108 and tracing the development of monolingual English lexicons / Introduction : constraint-based studies / The evolution of Middle English alliterative meter / Old English poetry and the alliterative revival : on Geoffrey Russom's "The evolution of Middle English alliterative meter" / A brief response / A central metrical prototype for English iambic tetrameter verse : evidence from Chaucer's octosyllabic lines / Early English clause structure change in a stochastic optimality theory setting / The role of perceptual contrast in Verner's law / Introduction : dialectology / Historical perspectives on the pen/pin merger in Southern American English / Digging up the roots of Southern American English : on Michael Montgomery and Connie Eble's "historical perspectives on the pen/pin merger in Southern American English" / A brief response / Vowel merger in West Central Indiana : a naughty, knotty project / The spread of negative contraction in early English / Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons -- Donka Minkova -- Lesley Milroy -- Donka Minkova -- David L. White -- Anatoly Liberman -- Ronald R. Butters and Jennifer Westerhaus -- Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons -- Susan M. Fitzmaurice -- Erik Smitterberg -- Susan M. Fitzmaurice -- Douglas Biber -- Richard W. Bailey -- Ian Lancashire -- Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons -- Geoffrey Russom -- Robert D. Fulk -- Geoffrey Russom -- Xingzhong Li -- Brady Z. Clark -- Olga Petrova -- Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons -- Michael Montgomery and Connie Eble -- Guy Bailey -- Michael Montgomery and Connie Eble -- Betty S. Phillips -- Richard M. Hogg.
"In the present volume, scholars from North America and Europe address a broad spectrum of research topics in historical English linguistics, including new theories and methods such as Optimality Theory and corpus linguistics, and traditional fields such as phonology and syntax." "This volume captures an ongoing conversation at the heart of historical English linguistics: the question of evidence and historical reconstruction."--BOOK JACKET.
3110180979 9783110180978
2004040333
English language--History--Congresses
English language--Grammar, Historical--Congresses
PE1075 / .S883 2004
420.9
Papers originally delievered at the biennial meeting of the Studies in History of the English Language conference, University of Washington, Seattle, in March 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : linguistics and philology / Philology, linguistics, and the history of [hw]-[w] / An essay in historical sociolinguistics? : on Donka Minkova's "philology, linguistics, and the history of [hw]-[w]" / A brief response / Why we should not believe in short diphthongs / Extended forms (streckformen) in English / Linguistic change in words one owns : how trademarks become "generic" / Introduction : corpus- and text-based studies / The meanings and uses of the progressive construction in an early eighteenth-century English network / Investigating the expressive progressive : on Susan M. Fitzmaurice's "the meanings and uses of the progressive construction in an early eighteenth-century English network" / A brief response / Modal use across registers and time / The need for good texts : the case of Henry Machyn's day book, 1550-1563 / The peril of firsts : dating Rawlinson MS poet. 108 and tracing the development of monolingual English lexicons / Introduction : constraint-based studies / The evolution of Middle English alliterative meter / Old English poetry and the alliterative revival : on Geoffrey Russom's "The evolution of Middle English alliterative meter" / A brief response / A central metrical prototype for English iambic tetrameter verse : evidence from Chaucer's octosyllabic lines / Early English clause structure change in a stochastic optimality theory setting / The role of perceptual contrast in Verner's law / Introduction : dialectology / Historical perspectives on the pen/pin merger in Southern American English / Digging up the roots of Southern American English : on Michael Montgomery and Connie Eble's "historical perspectives on the pen/pin merger in Southern American English" / A brief response / Vowel merger in West Central Indiana : a naughty, knotty project / The spread of negative contraction in early English / Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons -- Donka Minkova -- Lesley Milroy -- Donka Minkova -- David L. White -- Anatoly Liberman -- Ronald R. Butters and Jennifer Westerhaus -- Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons -- Susan M. Fitzmaurice -- Erik Smitterberg -- Susan M. Fitzmaurice -- Douglas Biber -- Richard W. Bailey -- Ian Lancashire -- Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons -- Geoffrey Russom -- Robert D. Fulk -- Geoffrey Russom -- Xingzhong Li -- Brady Z. Clark -- Olga Petrova -- Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons -- Michael Montgomery and Connie Eble -- Guy Bailey -- Michael Montgomery and Connie Eble -- Betty S. Phillips -- Richard M. Hogg.
"In the present volume, scholars from North America and Europe address a broad spectrum of research topics in historical English linguistics, including new theories and methods such as Optimality Theory and corpus linguistics, and traditional fields such as phonology and syntax." "This volume captures an ongoing conversation at the heart of historical English linguistics: the question of evidence and historical reconstruction."--BOOK JACKET.
3110180979 9783110180978
2004040333
English language--History--Congresses
English language--Grammar, Historical--Congresses
PE1075 / .S883 2004
420.9