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Topicalization and stress clash avoidance in the history of English

Summary: 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.

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ISBN: 3110220237 (cloth)
ISBN: 9783110220230 (cloth)
ISBN: 3110220245 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9783110220247 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 286 p.) : ill.
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Publisher: Berlin ; New York : 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.