Author: Emil SchwerdtfegerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A Dissertation on the History and Development of the English Verb
Author: Emil SchwerdtfegerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A Dissertation on the History and Development of the English Verb
Author: Emil SchwerdtfegerPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781358326394
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Dissertation on the History and Development of the English Verb (Classic Reprint)
Author: Emil SchwerdtfegerPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333520014
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Excerpt from A Dissertation on the History and Development of the English Verb The prizes consisted of certain valuable publications of the Society. But one subject was given to the classes - The History and Development of the English Verb - and the first prize was awarded, without a question as to its superior merit, to the author of this Dissertation; and it was on my testi mony to its value as a contribution to the study of the English language, that his friend, Dr. J. C. Rodrigues, editor of O Novo Mundo, in new-york City, to whom he is indebted for his education at The Cornell University, generously offered to print it at his own expense. It may not be considered out of place to state, that Mr. Schwerdtfeger entered the University at the beginning of the winter term of 1873-74, he not being of the required age, six teen years, to enter at the beginning of the year. His studies in English philology have all been pursued since his admis sion to the University. He learned, during the winter term, to read the anglo-saxon with perfect ease, and in addition to what was read in class, during the winter and spring terms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Dissertation on the History and Development of the English Verb
Author: Emil SchwerdtfegerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A Dissertation on the History and Development of the English Verb - Scholar's Choice Edition
Author: Emil SchwerdtfegerPublisher: Scholar's Choice
ISBN: 9781298417589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Brief History of the Verb To Be
Author: Andrea MoroPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262037122
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A journey through linguistic time and space, from Aristotle through the twentieth century's “era of syntax,” in search of a dangerous verb and its significance. Beginning with the early works of Aristotle, the interpretation of the verb to be runs through Western linguistic thought like Ariadne's thread. As it unravels, it becomes intertwined with philosophy, metaphysics, logic, and even with mathematics—so much so that Bertrand Russell showed no hesitation in proclaiming that the verb to be was a disgrace to the human race. With the conviction that this verb penetrates modern linguistic thinking, creating scandal in its wake and, like a Trojan horse of linguistics, introducing disruptive elements that lead us to rethink radically the most basic structure of human language—the sentence—Andrea Moro reconstructs this history. From classical Greece to the dueling masters of medieval logic through the revolutionary geniuses from the seventeenth century to the Enlightenment, and finally to the twentieth century—when linguistics became a driving force and model for neuroscience—the plot unfolds like a detective story, culminating in the discovery of a formula that solves the problem even as it raises new questions—about language, evolution, and the nature and structure of the human mind. While Moro never resorts to easy shortcuts, A Brief History of the Verb To Be isn't burdened with inaccessible formulas and always refers to the broader picture of mind and language. In this way it serves as an engaging introduction to a new field of cutting-edge research.
A Bibliography of Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922
Author: Arthur Garfield KennedyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English philology
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Verb and Object Order in the History of English
Author: Chiara De BastianiPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527559726
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
This study takes up the challenge posed by the reanalysis of Verb-Object order as the basic one in the history of English; the question, which has been debated for over thirty years, is tackled here by combining a qualitative and quantitative investigation with current linguistic theories, shedding new light on the phenomenon. It introduces new evidence in favour of a universal base order, by exploring the syntax of both Old English and Early Middle English and the information structural and prosodic properties of objects. It also considers the philological history of the texts examined, highlighting how this aspect should not be neglected in a diachronic linguistic study. As such, this book provides new data for scholars working in the field of English linguistics, as well as students and linguists interested in language change at the interface between syntax, information structure and prosody.
The English Phrasal Verb, 1650–Present
Author: Paula Rodríguez-PuentePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108688233
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Providing a detailed and comprehensive account of the development of phrasal verbs from early modern to present-day English, this study covers almost 400 years in the history of English, and provides both a diachronic and synchronic account based on over 12,000 examples extracted from stratified electronic corpora. The corpus analysis provides evidence of how registers can inform us about the history of English, as it traces and compares the usage and stylistic drifts of phrasal verbs across ten different genres - drama, fiction, journals, diaries, letters, medicine, news, science, sermons, and trial proceedings. The study also sheds new light on the morpho-syntactic and semantic features of phrasal verbs, proposing a new approach to the category, considering not only on their grammatical features, but also their historical development, by discussing the category in terms of a number of central mechanisms of language change.
Studies in the History of the English Language V
Author: Robert A. CloutierPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110220334
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
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 trends, the articles in the collection make strong use of extralinguistic factors to discuss language change as well as argue for internal and structural development. The authors are drawn from nine different countries, and each article is followed by a commentary and response that provide actual dialogue about the issues in the field, thus representing world-wide discussion of issues in the history of English. The essays recognize the different audiences for historical variation and change - formal linguists, sociolinguists, and lexicographers - and specifically address the interests and discourse in those areas. The volume shows how historical studies of English are increasingly engaged with contemporary trends in linguistics, at the same time as demonstrating how empirical and other methods can bring classical philology fully into the sphere of contemporary linguistics without abandoning its traditional concerns.
