Topicalization and stress clash avoidance in the history of English /:

The use of object topicalization declined in Middle and Early Modern English because with the loss of V2, topicalization easily led to prosodically ill-formed sentences with focal accents in clash. The book presents and discusses the effects of this ;Clash Avoidance Requirement in present-day Englis...

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1. Verfasser: Speyer, Augustin
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Schriftenreihe:Topics in English linguistics ; 69.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
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Zusammenfassung:The use of object topicalization declined in Middle and Early Modern English because with the loss of V2, topicalization easily led to prosodically ill-formed sentences with focal accents in clash. The book presents and discusses the effects of this ;Clash Avoidance Requirement in present-day English and German as well as in Old English, where it plays a crucial role in subject movement.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 286 pages :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110220247
3110220245
9783110220230
3110220237

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