Article Emergence in Old English : a Constructionalist Perspective

Article Emergence in Old English : a Constructionalist Perspective / Lotte Sommerer.

This book investigates nominal determination in Old English and the emergence of the definite and the indefinite article. Analyzing Old English prose texts, it discusses the nature of linguistic categorization and argues that a usage-based, cognitive, constructionalist approach best explains when, h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sommerer, Lotte (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]
Series:Topics in English linguistics ; 99.
Subjects:
450-1100
English language > Article.
English language > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Article.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
English language > Article
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Nominal determination and the articles in Present Day English
  • 3. Article emergence in Old English
  • 4. Diachronic Construction Grammar
  • 5. Nominal determination in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • 6. Nominal determination in Old English prose
  • 7. Article emergence: a constructional scenario
  • 8. Conclusion
  • 9. Appendix: manuscript and corpus information
  • References
  • Index.

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