Studies in the History of the English Language V: Variation and Change in English Grammar and Lexicon: Contemporary Approaches

by William A. Kretzschmar Jr. and Anne Marie Hamilton-Brehm

This collection of essays focuses on current approaches to variation and change in historical English grammar and lexicon. Of the twelve papers in the collection, half are based on grammar and syntax, half on lexical developments. The volume highlights the contributions that strong empirical research can make to our knowledge of the development of English grammar, especially as realized in lexical development. In illustration of contemporary research...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110220326
• ISBN13: 9783110220322
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary