The Semantics of Syntactic Change : : Aspects of the Evolution of 'do' in English / / Dieter Stein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
• VerfasserIn: Stein, Dieter,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 47
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (444 p.) :; Num. tabs.
• Other title: I-IV --; Preface --; List of abbreviations --; Chapter One Introduction --; Chapter Two Do up to the fifteenth century --; Chapter Three Do and discourse structure --; Chapter Four Syntax and style in the sixteenth century --; Chapter Five The semantics of do in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries --; Chapter Six Unity and diversity: style, dialect and the semantics of do before 1600 --; Chapter Seven Do in the Shakespeare Corpus --; Chapter Eight Do in questions in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: The statistical evidence --; Chapter Nine The mechanics of generalization --; Chapter Ten Third singular morphology and syntax --; Chapter Eleven Subjunctive --; Chapter Twelve Wh questions --; Chapter Thirteen Natural and social aspects --; Conclusion --; Appendix 1 --; Appendix 2 --; Appendix 3 (Chapters 7 & 8) --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; 445-446
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110846829; 9783110636895
• ISSN: 1861-4302
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110846829
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Dieter Stein.