English historical linguistics, 2008: selected papers from the fifteenth International …
by Lenker, Ursula, Sauer, Hans, International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, München, International Conference on English Historical Linguistics
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English historical linguistics 2008: selected papers from the fifteenth International …
by Lenker, Ursula, Huber, Judith, International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, University of Munich), Mailhammer, Robert
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This volume presents seven extensive essays by specialists in their respective fields of historical linguistics. The first essay after the Introduction states the principles presented in Directions for Historical Linguistics (1968) and assesses the progress made since then towar…
"In any course of historical and comparative linguistics there will be students of different language backgrounds, different levels of linguistic training, and different theoretical orientation. This textbook attempts to mitigate the problems raised by this heterogeneity in a nu…
"The volume brings together seventeen peer-reviewed, revised papers originally presented at the 16th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 16), held in August 2010 at the University of Pécs, Hungary. This selection aims to show how theoretical and emp…
The use of linguistic forms derived from the lexicon denoting sacred entities is often subject to tabooing behaviour. In the 15th and 16th century phrases like by gogges swete body or by cockes bones allowed speakers to address God without really saying the name; cf. Hock (1991:…
English historical linguistics, 1992: papers from the 7th International Conference on E…
by International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Valencia, Spain), Fernández, Francisco, Fuster, Miguel, Calvo, Juan José
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