Pronouns and Word Order in Old English - With Particular Reference to the Indefinite Pronoun Man

First published in 2003, this is a study of the syntactic behaviour of personal pronoun subjects and the indefinite pronoun man in Old English. It focuses on differences in word order as compared to full noun phrases. In generative work on Old English, noun phrases are usually divided into two categories: 'nominal' and 'pronominal'. The latter category has typically been restricted to personal pronouns, but despite striking similarities to the behaviour of nominals there were good reasons to believe that man should be grouped with personal pronouns. This book explores the investigation carried out with the aid of the Toronto Corpus, which confirmed this hypothesis.

List of contents

1. Introduction  2. Topicalisation and (non-)inversion  3. Other aspects of word order in relation to man  4. On the status of man and personal pronouns 5. Topics in Old English clause structure 6. Conclusion;  Bibliography

About the author

van Bergen, Linda

Summary

First published in 2003, this is a study of the syntactic behaviour of personal pronoun subjects and the indefinite pronoun man in Old English. It focuses on differences in word order as compared to full noun phrases. In generative work on Old English, noun phrases are usually divided into two categories: 'nominal' and 'pronominal'. The latter category has typically been restricted to personal pronouns, but despite striking similarities to the behaviour of nominals there were good reasons to believe that man should be grouped with personal pronouns. This book explores the investigation carried out with the aid of the Toronto Corpus, which confirmed this hypothesis.

Product details

• Authors: Linda van Bergen, Linda van Bergen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.2017
• EAN: 9781138920439
• ISBN: 978-1-138-92043-9
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The English Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Language: history & general works, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Language: history and general works, Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Anglo-Saxon