A history of English reflexive pronouns :: person, self, and interpretability /

This book brings together a number of seemingly distinct phenomena in the history of English: the introduction of special reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself), the loss of verbal agreement and pro-drop, and the disappearance of morphological Case. It provides vast numbers of examples from Old and Middle...

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1. Verfasser: Gelderen, Elly van
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2000.
Schriftenreihe:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 39.
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Zusammenfassung:This book brings together a number of seemingly distinct phenomena in the history of English: the introduction of special reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself), the loss of verbal agreement and pro-drop, and the disappearance of morphological Case. It provides vast numbers of examples from Old and Middle English texts showing a person split between first, second, and third person pronouns. Extending an analysis by Reinhart & Reuland, the author argues that the 'strength' of certain pronominal features (Case, person, number) differs cross-linguistically and that parametric variation accounts for the.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 277 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027299178
902729917X
9781556199882
1556199880
9789027227607
9027227608
128216337X
9781282163379

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