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The Development of Word Order Patterns in Old English
Language: en
Pages: 178
Authors: Marian C. Bean
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1983 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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The major focus of this book involves the testing of theories of word order change with data on change in Old English. The data are drawn from such sources as t
Word Order Change in Acquisition and Language Contact
Language: en
Pages: 388
Authors: Bettelou Los
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-12-14 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

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The case studies in this volume offer new insights into word order change. As is now becoming increasingly clear, word order variation rarely attracts social va
Old English Syntax
Language: en
Pages: 2010
Authors: Bruce Mitchell
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985-02-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Phrase Structures in Competition
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Susan Pintzuk
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-08 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book investigates variation and change in Old English word order, with special emphasis on the position of the verb.
The Wordhord
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Hana Videen
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-05-10 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives