Pronouns and Word Order in Old English

With Particular Reference to the Indefinite Pronoun Man
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-92043-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 380 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: The English Language

First published in 2003, this is a study of the syntactic behaviour of personal pronoun subjects and the indefinite pronoun man in Old English. It focuses on differences in word order as compared to full noun phrases. In generative work on Old English, noun phrases are usually divided into two categories: 'nominal' and 'pronominal'. The latter category has typically been restricted to personal pronouns, but despite striking similarities to the behaviour of nominals there were good reasons to believe that man should be grouped with personal pronouns. This book explores the investigation carried out with the aid of the Toronto Corpus, which confirmed this hypothesis.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

van Bergen, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Topicalisation and (non-)inversion 3. Other aspects of word order in relation to man 4. On the status of man and personal pronouns 5. Topics in Old English clause structure 6. Conclusion; Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

van Bergen, Linda