Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027235627 ISBN 13: 9789027235626

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1990

Synopsis

This volume is a collection of articles based on papers presented at the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics at Cambridge in 1987. It draws together important state-of-the-art' studies in the syntax, phonology, morphology and semantics of Old, Middle and Modern English by prominent figures in the field into a single volume. Core theoretical areas are well represented and there are also major papers in dialectology, stylistics, metrics, socio-historical linguistics and the history of English linguistics.The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor James P. Thorne, whose last conference paper is included in the collection.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 9027235627
• ISBN 13: 9789027235626
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 611
• Editor: Adamson Sylvia M., Law Vivien A., Vincent Nigel, Wright Susan