Studies In The History Of The English Language V —— Variation and Change in English Grammar and Lexicon: Contemporary Approaches

----- 英语史研究

ISBN: 9783110220322 出版年：2010 页码：337 Kretzschmar, Jr , William A Hamilton-Brehm, Anne Marie Cloutier, Robert A De Gruyter Mouton

This collection of essays focuses on current approaches to variation and change in historical English grammar and lexicon. Of the twelve papers in the collection, half are based on grammar and syntax, half on lexical developments. The volume highlights the contributions that strong empirical research can make to our knowledge of the development of English grammar, especially as realized in lexical development. In illustration of contemporary research trends, the articles in the collection make strong use of extralinguistic factors to discuss language change as well as argue for internal and structural development. The authors are drawn from nine different countries, and each article is followed by a commentary and response that provide actual dialogue about the issues in the field, thus representing world-wide discussion of issues in the history of English.