TY - GEN T1 - A history of English reflexive pronouns : person, self, and interpretability T2 - Linguistik aktuell ; A1 - Gelderen, Elly van LA - English PP - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia PB - John Benjamins Pub. Co. YR - 2000 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm49855196 AB - 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. OP - 277 CN - PE1261 .G45 2000eb SN - 9789027299178 SN - 902729917X SN - 9781556199882 SN - 1556199880 SN - 9789027227607 SN - 9027227608 SN - 128216337X SN - 9781282163379 KW - English language : Pronoun. KW - English language : Reflexives. KW - English language : Grammar, Historical. KW - Anglais (Langue) : Pronom. KW - Anglais (Langue) : Constructions réfléchies. KW - Anglais (Langue) : Grammaire historique. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Grammar & Punctuation. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Linguistics : Syntax. KW - English language : Grammar, Historical KW - English language : Pronoun KW - English language : Reflexives KW - Wederkerende voornaamwoorden. KW - Engels. KW - Historische taalwetenschap. ER -