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Topicalization and stress clash avoidance in the history of English [electronic resource] / by Augustin Speyer.
The use of object topicalization declined in Middle and Early Modern English because with the loss of V2, topicalization easily led to prosodically ill-formed sentences with focal accents in clash. The book presents and discusses the effects of this ;Clash Avoidance Requirement in present-day English and German as well as in Old English, where it plays a crucial role in subject movement.
Record details
- ISBN: 9783110220247 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 3110220245 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9783110220230 (cloth)
- ISBN: 3110220237 (cloth)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 286 p.) : ill.
- Publisher: Berlin ; De Gruyter Mouton, c2010.
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| General Note: | CatBulkString:jan.10.13 Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Germany-2008. Multi-User. CatMonthString:jan.13 |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Topicalization in Middle and Modern English-A prosodically induced change in syntactic usage -- 3. The Clash Avoidance Requirement in Modern English and German -- 4. Phonological aspects of the Clash Avoidance Requirement -- 5. Topicalization and the Clash Avoidance Requirement in Old English -- 6. Concluding remarks. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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