Old Northumbrian Verbal Morphosyntax and the (Northern) Subject Rule
Old Northumbrian Verbal Morphosyntax and the (Northern) Subject Rule

Author: Marcelle Cole

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9027269912

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This volume provides both a quantitative statistical and qualitative analysis of Late Northumbrian verbal morphosyntax as recorded in the Old English interlinear gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels. It focuses in particular on the attestation of the subject type and adjacency constraints that characterise the so-called Northern Subject Rule concord system. The study presents new evidence which challenges the traditional Early Middle English dating attributed to the emergence of subject-type concord in the North of England and demonstrates that the syntactic configuration of the Northern Subject Rule was already a feature of Old English. By setting the Northumbrian developments within a broad framework of diachronic and diatopic variation, in which manifestations of subject-type concord are explored in a wide range of varieties of English, the author argues that a concord system based on subject type rather than person/number features is in fact a far less local and more universal tendency in English than previously believed.

Researching Northern English
Researching Northern English

Author: Raymond Hickey

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2015-12-15

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 9027267677

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Northern English has become the focus of intensive research in the past decade or so, following on a series of dedicated conferences. The present book brings together leading-edge contributions on various aspects of language use, variation and change in the North of England. The volume covers the history of English in this area as well as providing incisive studies of both the varieties of English spoken in cities and in larger parts of the area. In addition, the collection contains a number of interface studies, e.g. concerned with the borders of the North of England, both to Scotland and the South of England or dealing with second-language varieties of Northern English or with additional issues, such as enregisterment. All these contributions help to draw a comprehensive picture of this key area of the English-speaking world and point the way forward for future research.

Syntactic architecture and its consequences I
Syntactic architecture and its consequences I

Author: András Bárány

Publisher: Language Science Press

Published:

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 3961102759

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This volume collects novel contributions to comparative generative linguistics that “rethink” existing approaches to an extensive range of phenomena, domains, and architectural questions in linguistic theory. At the heart of the contributions is the tension between descriptive and explanatory adequacy which has long animated generative linguistics and which continues to grow thanks to the increasing amount and diversity of data available to us. The chapters address research questions on the relation of syntax to other aspects of grammar and linguistics more generally, including studies on language acquisition, variation and change, and syntactic interfaces. Many of these contributions show the influence of research by Ian Roberts and collaborators and give the reader a sense of the lively nature of current discussion of topics in synchronic and diachronic comparative syntax ranging from the core verbal domain to higher, propositional domains.

The Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels
The Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels

Author: Julia Fernández Cuesta

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2016-03-21

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 3110447169

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Aldred’s interlinear gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels (London, British Library, MS Cotton Nero D.IV) is one of the most substantial representatives of the Old English variety known as late Old Northumbrian. Although it has received a great deal of attention in the past two centuries, there are still numerous issues which remain unresolved. The papers in this collection approach the gloss from a variety of perspectives – language, cultural milieu, palaeography, glossography – in order to shed light on many of these issues, such as the authorship of the gloss, the morphosyntax and vocabulary of the dialect(s) it represents, its sources and relationship to the Rushworth Gospels, and Aldred’s cultural and religious affiliations. Because of its breadth of coverage, the collection will be of interest and great value to scholars in the fields of Anglo-Saxon studies and English historical linguistics.

Linguistic Perspectives on a Variable English Morpheme
Linguistic Perspectives on a Variable English Morpheme

Author: Laura Rupp

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-06-11

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1349728039

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This book investigates –s marking in English verbs, specifically its manifestations in main verbs, in the past tense of BE, and in existential constructions. It embraces the many ways in which –s marking varies across the English speaking world, and considers both how it arose in these places historically and the ways in which it has since developed. The authors propose a story which holistically accounts for these different manifestations of –s, drawing upon evidence from a wide range of subdisciplines in linguistics, including sociolinguistics, generative syntax, historical linguistics, dialectology, and discourse-pragmatics. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in these and related fields.

A History of the Scots Language
A History of the Scots Language

Author: Millar

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2023-09-15

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0198863993

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This book provides a thorough yet approachable history of the Scots language, a close relative of Standard English with around 1.5 million speakers in Scotland and several thousand in Ireland, according to the 2011 census. Despite the long history of Scots as a language of high literature, it has been somewhat neglected and has often been treated as a dialect of Standard English. In this book, Robert McColl Millar explores both sociolinguistic and structural developments in the history of Scots, bringing together these two threads of analysis to offer a better understanding of linguistic change. The first half of the book tracks the development of Scots from its beginnings to the modern period, while chapters in the second half offer detailed descriptions of Scots historical phonology and morphosyntax, and of the historical development of Scots lexis. A History of the Scots Language will be a valuable resource for undergraduate and graduate students of the modern and historical Scots language, but will also be of interest to those studying the history of English and other Germanic languages.

Revisiting the Medieval North of England
Revisiting the Medieval North of England

Author: Anita Auer

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2019-02-15

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1786833956

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1. Interdisciplinary nature of the volume 2. Reflection of recent work carried on the North of England in various projects 3. Sheds new light on the North of England (underexplored thus far) and asks new questions / sets out new lines of inquiry for future research (?)

Southern English Varieties Then and Now
Southern English Varieties Then and Now

Author: Laura Wright

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2018-07-23

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 3110575310

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Most of the world’s Extraterritorial Englishes stem historically from southern English dialects - Southern England having been the most densely-habited part of the country. However, the dialects of Southern England remain under-studied. The papers in this volume consider both diachronic and synchronic aspects of the dialects of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Sussex, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Gloucestershire and the Isles of Scilly.

Analyzing Syntax through Texts
Analyzing Syntax through Texts

Author: Elly van Gelderen

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2017-11-22

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1474420397

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This textbook invites the student to explore early English syntax by looking at the linguistic characteristics of well- known texts throughout the early history of English. It shows how that piece of the language fits in to the broader picture of how English is developing and introduces the student to the real writing of the period.

After Alfred
After Alfred

Author: Pauline Stafford

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0198859643

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After Alfred deals with the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, tracing the development of this group of texts, linking them to a southern court elite who were deeply engaged in kingdom-building, and offering both a detailed study of each chronicle and a broad contribution to the history of a critical period in the making of England and the English story.