Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics
( Current Issues in Linguistic Theory )
Publication series ： Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
Author： Sylvia M. Adamson Vivien A. Law Nigel Vincent Susan Wright
Publisher： John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication year： 1990
E-ISBN: 9789027286000
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789027235626
Subject： H0 Linguistics
Language： ENG
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Description
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.