Rhythmic grammar : the influence of rhythm on grammatical variation and change in English /
This groundbreaking book highlights a phonological preference, the Principle of Rhythmic Alternation, as a factor in grammatical variation and change in English from the early modern period to the present. Though frequently overlooked in earlier research, the phonetically motivated avoidance of adja...
| Основен автор: | Schluter, Julia, 1973- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
℗♭2005.
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| Серия: |
Topics in English linguistics ;
46. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=293702 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Rhythmic grammar. |
| Резюме: |
This groundbreaking book highlights a phonological preference, the Principle of Rhythmic Alternation, as a factor in grammatical variation and change in English from the early modern period to the present. Though frequently overlooked in earlier research, the phonetically motivated avoidance of adjacent stresses is shown to exert an influence on a wide variety of phenomena in morphology and syntax. Based on in-depth analyses of extensive electronic databases, the book presents 20 exemplary studies from different structural categories. Among them are much-debated as well as novel issues, includi. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 393 pages) : illustrations. |
| Формат: |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-383) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783110219265 3110219263 |