Article Emergence in Old English: A Constructionalist Perspective

by Lotte Sommerer

This book investigates nominal determination in Old English and the emergence of the definite and the indefinite article. Analyzing Old English prose texts, it discusses the nature of linguistic categorization and argues that a usage-based, cognitive, constructionalist approach best explains when, how and why the article category developed. It is shown that the development of the OE demonstrative 'se' (that) and the OE numeral 'an' (one) should...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110539373
• ISBN13: 9783110539370
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"