| Relativization in Early English (950-1250): The Position of Relative Clauses Contributor(s): Gotti, Maurizio (Editor), Suarez-Gomez, Cristina (Author) |
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ISBN: 3039112031 ISBN-13: 9783039112036 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $79.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
| Dewey: 429.5 |
| LCCN: 2006048835 |
| Series: Linguistic Insights |
| Physical Information: 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is concerned with the position which relative clauses occupy with respect to the main clause in the history of English. Relative clauses have evolved from adjoined clauses placed outside the main clause to clauses closely attached to the noun they modify inside the main clause. This process of incorporation took place through a stage of topicalization in which relative clauses were dislocated to the left of the main clause, leaving a trace behind in the place where they are generated. This study is empirically founded, with data from The Helsinki Corpus of English Texts: Diachronic and Dialectal corresponding to late Old English and early Middle English. Several variables, of a linguistic and extralinguistic nature, are analyzed in order to describe the variation in the position of relative clauses in Early English. |
