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The Evolution of Pragmatic Markers in English
Pathways of Change
by Laurel J. Brinton
Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2017 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-12905-4, ISBN: 1-107-12905-2

"Based on a rich set of historical data, this book traces the development of pragmatic markers in English, from hw't in Old English and whilom in Middle English to whatever and I'm just saying in present-day English. Laurel J. Brinton carefully maps the syntactic origins and development of these forms, and critically examines postulated unilineal pathways, such as from adverb to conjunction to discourse marker, or from main clause to par ..."






The English Language
A Linguistic History
by Laurel J. Brinton, Leslie K. Arnovick
Paperback, 542 Pages, Published 2006 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-542205-4, ISBN: 0-19-542205-8

"The English Language: A Linguistic History is designed as a core text for classes in the history of the English language, offered through the English or linguistics department. Beginning with a discussion of how language changes, the book examines historical change in English from its Indo-European past through its major periods (Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, and Modern English). This is an introductory text: it doe ..."






The English Language(3rd Edition)
A Linguistic History, 3rd Ed.
by Professor Laurel J. Brinton, Leslie K. Arnovick
Paperback, 640 Pages, Published 2017 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-901915-1, ISBN: 0-19-901915-0

"The English Language: A Linguistic History surveys the development of the English language from its Indo-European past to the present day. It covers the entire history of the English language beginning with its prehistoric origins in Proto-Indo-European and includes thorough coverage of its four major periods: Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, and Modern English. The third edition features enhanced discussion of the so ..."






The Development of English Aspectual Systems(1st Edition)
Aspectualizers and Post-verbal Particles (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
by Professor Laurel J. Brinton
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2009 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-11675-6, ISBN: 0-521-11675-9






Lexicalization and Language Change(1st Edition)
(Research Surveys in Linguistics)
by Professor Laurel J. Brinton, Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Elizabeth Closs, Laurel J., Robert Powell
Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 2005 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-54063-6, ISBN: 0-521-54063-1

"Lexicalization, a process of language change, has been conceptualized in a variety of ways. Broadly defined as the adoption of concepts into the lexicon, it has been viewed by syntacticians as the reverse process of grammaticalization, by morphologists as a routine process of word-formation, and by semanticists as the development of concrete meanings. In this up-to-date survey, Laurel Brinton and Elizabeth Traugott examine the various ..."






Pragmatics in the History of English
by Brinton, Laurel J.
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2023 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-00-932287-4, ISBN: 1-00-932287-7

"How was the speech of others represented in the nineteenth-century novel? This volume answers these questions and more by providing an overview of the field of English historical pragmatics."






English Historical Linguistics(Reprint)
Approaches and Perspectives
by Laurel J. Brinton
Paperback, 444 Pages, Published 2017 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-53421-6, ISBN: 1-107-53421-6






The Comment Clause in English(Reprint)
Syntactic Origins and Pragmatic Development (Studies in English Language)
by Professor Laurel J. Brinton
Paperback, 300 Pages, Published 2012 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-40501-1, ISBN: 1-107-40501-7






The Comment Clause in English(1st Edition)
Syntactic Origins and Pragmatic Development (Studies in English Language)
by Professor Laurel J. Brinton
Hardcover, 300 Pages, Published 2008 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-88673-4, ISBN: 0-521-88673-2






The English Language(2nd Edition)
A Linguistic History
by Professor Laurel J. Brinton, Dr Leslie K. Arnovick
Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2011 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-543157-5, ISBN: 0-19-543157-X






English Historical Linguistics
Approaches and Perspectives
by Laurel J. Brinton
Hardcover, 432 Pages, Published 2017 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-11364-0, ISBN: 1-107-11364-4

"Written by an international team of leading scholars, this engaging textbook on the study of English historical linguistics is uniquely organized in terms of theoretical approaches and perspectives. Each chapter features textboxes, case studies, suggestions for further reading and exercises, enabling students to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and guiding them on undertaking further research. The case studies an ..."






The Structure of Modern English
A linguistic introduction
by Laurel J. Brinton
Paperback, 357 Pages, Published 2000 by John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN-13: 978-1-55619-662-1, ISBN: 1-55619-662-8

"The Structure of Modern English is an extensive introduction to all aspects of Modern English structure, including:• Phonology• Morphology• Lexical and sentence semantics• Syntax• PragmaticsThis text is for advanced undergraduate (and graduate) students interested in contemporary English, especially those whose primary area of interest is English as a second language, primary or secondary-school education, English stylistics, theoretica ..."






Lexicalization and Language Change Brinton, Laurel J. and Traugott, Elizabeth Closs
by Laurel J. Brinton, Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Elizabeth Close Traugott, Robert Powell
Hardcover, 220 Pages, Published 2005 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-83310-3, ISBN: 0-521-83310-8






The Evolution of Pragmatic Markers in English
Pathways of Change
by Laurel J. Brinton
598 Pages, Published 2017 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-32633-9, ISBN: 1-108-32633-1

"... Journal of Virginia, Vol. XXI [https://books.google.ca/books? id= OxYSAAAAYAAJ]), thus arguing against Enge's proposed source (in Liberman 2012). 26 Interestingly, a search for I'm saying in the second part of A corpus of Irish English (drama, novels and varia from1600–present) yields 48 examples, all from plays by Synge, suggesting that while this construction may be Irish, it is limited or idiosyncratic to some extent. (My tha ..."






English Historical Linguistics
by Laurel J. Brinton
434 Pages, Published 2017
ISBN-13: 978-1-316-28656-2, ISBN: 1-316-28656-8






The Comment Clause in English
Syntactic Origins and Pragmatic Development
by Laurel J. Brinton
280 Pages, Published 2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-511-46188-0, ISBN: 0-511-46188-7






Lexicalization and Language Change
by Laurel J. Brinton, Elizabeth Closs Traugott
232 Pages, Published 2005 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-139-44573-3, ISBN: 1-139-44573-1

"Hopper, Paul J. l990. Where do words come from? In Croft, Denning, and Kemmer, eds., l5l-l60. Hopper. Paul J. l99l. On some principles of grammaticization. In Traugott and Heine, eds.. Vol. I, l7-35. Hopper. Paul J. l994. Phonogenesis. In Pagliuca, ed., 29—45. Hopper. Paul J. and Sandra A. Thompson. l985. The iconicity of "noun" and "verb". In John Haiman. ed.. Iconicity in Syntax. l5l-l83. (Typological Studies in Language. 6.) Ams ..."






Pragmatics in the History of English
by Brinton, Laurel J.
Hardcover, Published 2023 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-00-932292-8, ISBN: 1-00-932292-3






The Linguistic Structure of Modern English(2nd Edition)
by Laurel J. Brinton, Donna M. Brinton
Hardcover, 446 Pages, Published 2010 by John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN-13: 978-90-272-1171-2, ISBN: 90-272-1171-X

"This text is for advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in contemporary English, especially those whose primary area of interest is English as a second language, primary or secondary-school education, English stylistics, theoretical and applied linguistics, or speech pathology. The emphasis is on empirical facts of English rather than any particular theory of linguistics; the text does not assume any background in langu ..."






The Linguistic Structure of Modern English(2nd Edition)
by Laurel J. Brinton, Donna M. Brinton
Paperback, 446 Pages, Published 2010 by John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN-13: 978-90-272-1172-9, ISBN: 90-272-1172-8



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