New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics
：Selected papers from 12 ICEHL, Glasgow, 21–26 August 2002. Volume I: Syntax and Morphology
( Current Issues in Linguistic Theory )
Publication subTitle ：Selected papers from 12 ICEHL, Glasgow, 21–26 August 2002. Volume I: Syntax and Morphology
Publication series ： Current Issues in Linguistic Theory
Author： Christian J. Kay Simon Horobin Jeremy J. Smith
Publisher： John Benjamins Publishing Company
Publication year： 2004
E-ISBN: 9789027295439
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789027247636
Subject： H0 Linguistics
Language： ENG
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Description
This is the first of two volumes of papers selected from those given at the 12th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics. The second is New Perspectives on English Historical Linguistics (2): Lexis and Transmission. Together the volumes provide an overview of many of the issues that are currently engaging practitioners in the field. In this volume, the primary concern is with the historical grammar of English. Some papers take a broad overview of the subject, positioning it within current advances in linguistic theory, while others deal with specific points of syntax and morphology in a historical context. There is a recurrent emphasis on data collection and analysis, with a chronological range from Old to Present Day English, and a geographical spread from Scotland to Newfoundland. Contributions from scholars around the world remind us that not only English itself but the history of English is now an international possession.