| Description |
1 online resource (page cm). |
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Studies in Language Companion Series ; 138 |
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Studies in language companion series ; 138.
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| Note |
This publication comprises the papers presented at a workshop on the "Contrastive study of the verbal categories and their grammaticalisation in Old English and Old High German" held at the 16th ICEHL in Pécs, Hungary, in August 2010. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This volume offers a coherent and detailed picture of the diachronic development of verbal categories of Old English, Old High German, and other Germanic languages. Starting from the observation that German and English show diverging paths in the development of verbal categories, even though they descended from a common ancestor language, the contributions present in-depth, empirically founded studies on the stages and directions of these changes combining historical comparative methods with grammaticalisation theory. This collection of papers provides the reader with an indispensable source of information on the early traces of distinct developments, thus laying the foundation for a broad-scale scenario of grammaticalisation of verbal categories. The volume will be of particular interest to scholars of language change, grammaticalisation, and diachronic sociolinguistics; it offers important new insights for typologists and for everybody interested in the make-up of verbal categories. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
English language -- Grammar, Comparative.
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English language -- Grammar, Historical.
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Germanic languages -- Grammar, Comparative.
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Germanic languages -- Grammar, Historical.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Old & Middle English.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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English language -- Grammar, Comparative.
(OCoLC)fst00911233
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English language -- Grammar, Historical.
(OCoLC)fst00911279
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Germanic languages -- Grammar, Comparative.
(OCoLC)fst00942009
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Germanic languages -- Grammar, Historical.
(OCoLC)fst00942014
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization.
(OCoLC)fst00946180
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| Added Author |
Diewald, Gabriele, editor.
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Kahlas-Tarkka, Leena, editor.
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Wischer, Ilse, 1959- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (16th : 2010 : Pécs, Hungary). Comparative studies in early Germanic languages 9789027206053 (DLC) 2013020757 (OCoLC)847627889 |
| ISBN |
9789027271457 (electronic bk.) |
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9027271453 (electronic bk.) |
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