An Old English Grammar
An Old English Grammar

Author: Randolph Quirk

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0415045347

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A compact grammar for the student of English taking a descriptive approach. The introduction provides a general background and indicates the kinds of evidence on which frammatical description is based.This book is designed especially for the literary student of English, and provides a single compact grammar primarily concerned with Classical Old English, rather than the other Old English dialects. The book takes a descriptive approach and avoids assuming a knowledge of Germanic philology. The introduction provides a minimum background of knowledge and indicates the kinds of evidence on which the grammatical description is based.

Participial Prepositions and Conjunctions in the History of English
Participial Prepositions and Conjunctions in the History of English

Author: Michael Skiba

Publisher: utzverlag GmbH

Published: 2021-11-02

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 3831648476

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Participial prepositions and conjunctions such as considering, during, considered and except are a comparatively recent phenomenon in the history of the English language. They originated in the intense language contact situation between Anglo-French and Middle English in late medieval England. In this book, it is shown that the development is part of a long process of typological change both in the Romance languages and in the English language. Through language contact a productive pattern has been established in English, which still produces new participial prepositions today (e.g. following, based on and looking at). Participial prepositions and conjunctions therefore clearly illustrate the mechanisms and consequences of language change through intense language contact.