Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Cambridge, 6-9 April 1987
Download or Read eBook Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Cambridge, 6-9 April 1987 PDF written by Sylvia Adamson and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Sylvia Adamson |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 616 |
| Release | : 1990-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789027235626 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9027235627 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Cambridge, 6-9 April 1987 by : Sylvia Adamson
Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of articles based on papers presented at the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics at Cambridge in 1987. It draws together important state-of-the-art' studies in the syntax, phonology, morphology and semantics of Old, Middle and Modern English by prominent figures in the field into a single volume. Core theoretical areas are well represented and there are also major papers in dialectology, stylistics, metrics, socio-historical linguistics and the history of English linguistics.The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor James P. Thorne, whose last conference paper is included in the collection.
