Grammar -- English

Comparative studies in early Germanic languages: with a focus on verbal categories

by Diewald, Gabriele, International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Pécs, Kahlas-Tarkka, Leena, Wischer, Ilse, Workshop on the "Contrastive Study of the Verbal Categories and Their Grammaticalisation in Old English and Old High German" 16 (Pécs, Hungary), International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, ICEHL, Pécs, Hungary

fromStudies in language companion series

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Comparative studies in early Germanic languages: with a focus on verbal categories

by International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Pécs, Hungary))

fromStudies in language companion series

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This volume offers a coherent and detailed picture of the diachronic development of verbal categories of Old English, Old High German, and other Germanic languages. Starting from the observation that German and English show diverging paths in the development of verbal categories…

Determinants of grammatical variation in English

fromTopics in English linguistics

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Irregularities in Modern English

by Hansen, Erik

fromNorth-Western European language evolution. Supplement

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Irregularities in modern English

by Hansen, Erik, Nielsen, Hans Frede

fromNorth-Western European language evolution

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"This book, which appeared first in a Danish version in 1980 and subsequently in an English translation in 1986, reverses the history of the English language: it takes present-day English 'irregularities' in grammar and spelling as its point of departure, providing historical ex…