This book is concerned with the position which relative clauses occupy with respect to the main clause in the history of English. Relative clauses have evolved from adjoined clauses placed outside the main clause to clauses closely attached to the noun they modify inside the main clause. This process of incorporation took place through a stage of topicalization in which relative clauses were dislocated to the left of the main clause, leaving a trace behind in the place where they are generated. This study is empirically founded, with data from The Helsinki Corpus of English Texts: Diachronic and Dialectal corresponding to late Old English and early Middle English. Several variables, of a linguistic and extralinguistic nature, are analyzed in order to describe the variation in the position of relative clauses in Early English.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Verlag Peter Lang
ISBN-13
9783039112036
eBay Product ID (ePID)
116001690
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Data Analysis, Religious Sociology
Author
Cristina Suarez-Gomez
Publication Name
Relativization in Early English (950-1250) : the Position of Relative Clauses
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
149 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
220mm
Item Width
150mm
Volume
49
Item Weight
220g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Cristina Suarez-Gomez
Issn
1424-8689
Series Title
Linguistic Insights
Topic
Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture
Switzerland
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