Rhythmic Grammar : : The Influence of Rhythm on Grammatical Variation and Change in English / / Julia Schlüter.
This groundbreaking book highlights a phonological preference, the Principle of Rhythmic Alternation, as a factor in grammatical variation and change in English from the early modern period to the present. Though frequently overlooked in earlier research, the phonetically motivated avoidance of adja...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2009] ©2005 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ,
46 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (393 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. The Principle of Rhythmic Alternation introduced
- Chapter 3. Methodology
- Chapter 4. Analysis of attributive structures
- Chapter 5. Analysis of verbal and adverbial structures
- Chapter 6. Theoretical implications
- Chapter 7. Conclusion
- Backmatter