Categories, Constructions, and Change in English Syntax

Emma Moore editor Linda van Bergen editor Nuria Yáñez-Bouza editor Willem B Hollmann editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:9th Jun '22

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Explores categories, constructions, and change in the syntax of English, both past and present, methodologically and theoretically.

A collection of new case studies by world-renowned and emerging scholars in the field, which explores English syntactic structure, variation, and change, both past and present, methodologically and theoretically. It is ideal reading for scholars and advanced students in English syntax, historical linguistics, linguistic theory and corpus linguistics.A pioneering collection of new research that explores categories, constructions, and change in the syntax of the English language. The volume, with contributions by world-renowned scholars as well as some emerging scholars in the field, covers a wide variety of approaches to grammatical categories and categorial change, constructions and constructional change, and comparative and typological research. Each of the fourteen chapters, based on the analysis of authentic data, highlights the wealth and breadth of the study of English syntax (including morphosyntax), both theoretically and empirically, from Old English through to the present day. The result is a body of research which will add substantially to the current study of the syntax of the English language, by stimulating further research in the field.

ISBN: 9781108411424

Dimensions: 228mm x 151mm x 23mm

Weight: 620g

423 pages