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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| Định dạng: | Licensed eBooks |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2000.
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| Loạt: | Linguistik aktuell ;
Bd. 39. |
| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253440 |
Mục lục:
- A HISTORY OF ENGLISH REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Preface; List of tables; Notes for the user and list of abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Old English reflexives; Chapter 2. Reflexives in Middle and later English; Chapter 3. Pro-drop and feature strength; Chapter 4. The loss of verbal agreement and verb-movement; Chapter 5. The loss of inherent case; Chapter 6. Ergativity and the person split; Chapter 7. Conclusion; Appendix; References; Name Index; Subject Index; The Series LINGUISTIK AKTUELL/LINGUISTICS TODAY.