Cyclical change /
Linguistic Cycles are ever present in language change and involve a phrase or word that gradually disappears and is replaced by a new linguistic item. The most well-known cycles involve negatives, where an initial single negative, such as not, is reinforced by another negative, such as no thing, and...
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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2009.
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| Edice: | Linguistik aktuell ;
Bd. 146. |
| On-line přístup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=284020 |
| Shrnutí: | Linguistic Cycles are ever present in language change and involve a phrase or word that gradually disappears and is replaced by a new linguistic item. The most well-known cycles involve negatives, where an initial single negative, such as not, is reinforced by another negative, such as no thing, and subjects, where full pronouns are reanalyzed as endings on the verb. This book presents new data and insights on the well-known cyclical changes as well as on less well-known ones, such as the preposition, auxiliary, copula, modal, and complementation cycles. Part I covers the negative cycle with c. |
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| Fyzický popis: | 1 online resource (viii, 329 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografie: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027289216 9027289212 9027255296 9789027255297 1282245244 9781282245242 9786612245244 6612245247 |
| ISSN: | 0166-0829 ; |