Topicalization and stress clash avoidance in the history of English
Record details
- ISBN: 3110220237
- ISBN: 9783110220230
- ISBN: 3110220245
- ISBN: 9783110220247
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 286 pages) : illustrations
remote - Publisher: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Content descriptions
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. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Subject: | English language -- History English language -- Word order English language -- Syntax English language -- Grammar, Historical |
Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. History. |