The Early English Impersonal Construction - An Analysis of Verbal and Constructional Meaning

Informationen zum Autor Ruth Möhlig-Falke is Lecturer in English Linguistics at the University of Heidelberg. Klappentext The Early English Impersonal Construction aims to demonstrate that an understanding of the functional and semantic aspects of impersonal verbs in Old and Middle English can shed light on questions that remain about these verbs today. Zusammenfassung The Early English Impersonal Construction aims to demonstrate that an understanding of the functional and semantic aspects of impersonal verbs in Old and Middle English can shed light on questions that remain about these verbs today. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Impersonal Construction in English 2. Functional Aspects of Old English Grammar 3. Aspects of Verb Meaning and Constructional Meaning: Theory and Methodology 4. Semantic Analysis of Old English Verbs Capable of Impersonal Use 5. Investigation of the Impersonal Syntactic Uses of Old English Verbs 6. A Comparison with Alternative Syntactic Constructions 7. The Diachronic Perspective: An Outlook to the Impersonal Construction in Middle and 8. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Ruth M]ohlig-Falke, Ruth Mohlig-Falke, Ruth Möhlig-Falke
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.2012
• EAN: 9780199777723
• ISBN: 978-0-19-977772-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Oxford Studies in the History of English; Oxford Studies in the History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Historical and comparative linguistics, Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc