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degruyter.com>Title: Studies in the History of the English Language II Subtitle: Unfolding Conversations Series Title: Topics in English Linguistics 45 Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter http://www.mouton-publishers.com Editor: Anne Curzan, University of Michigan Author: Kimberly Emmons, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Hardback: ISBN: 3110180979, Pages: xii, 500, Price: Europe EURO: 94.00 Comment: approx. US$ 113.00 Abstract: Studies in the History of the English Language II contains selected papers from the SHEL-2 conference held at the University of Washington in Spring 2002. In the volume, scholars from North America and Europe address a broad spectrum of research topics in historical English linguistics, including new theories/methods such as Optimality Theory and corpus linguistics, and traditional fields such as phonology and syntax. In each of the four sections - Philology and linguistics; Corpus- and text-based studies; Constraint-based studies; Dialectology - a key article provides the focal point for a discussion between leading scholars, who respond directly to each other's arguments within the volume. The volume spans topics and time periods from Proto-Germanic sound change to twenty-first century dialect variation, and methodologies from painstaking philological work with written texts to high-speed data gathering in computerized corpora. As a whole, the volume captures an ongoing conversation at the heart of historical English linguistics: the question of evidence and historical reconstruction. FROM THE CONTENTS: Section 1: Linguistics and philology Introduction: Linguistics and philology Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons Philology, linguistics, and the history of [hw]~[w] Donka Minkova An essay in historical sociolinguistics?: On Donka Minkova's "Philology, linguistics, and the history of [hw]~[w]" Lesley Milroy A brief response Donka Minkova Why we should not believe in short diphthongs David L. White Extended forms (Streckformen) in English Anatoly Liberman Linguistic change in words one owns: How trademarks become "generic" Ronald R. Butters and Jennifer Westerhaus Section 2: Corpus- and text-based studies Introduction: Corpus- and text-based studies Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons The meanings and uses of the progressive construction in an early eighteenth-century English network Susan M. Fitzmaurice Investigating the expressive progressive: On Susan Fitzmaurice's "The meanings and uses of the progressive construction in an early eighteenth-century English network" Erik Smitterberg A brief response Susan M. Fitzmaurice Modal use across registers and time Douglas Biber The need for good texts: The case of Henry Machyn's Day Book, 1550-1563 Richard W. Bailey The perils of firsts: Dating Rawlinson MS Poet. 108 and tracing the development of monolingual English lexicons Ian Lancashire Section 3: Constraint-based studies Introduction: Constraint-based studies Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons The evolution of Middle English alliterative meter Geoffrey Russom Old English poetry and the alliterative revival: On Geoffrey Russom's "The evolution of Middle English alliterative meter" Robert D. Fulk A brief response Geoffrey Russom A central metrical prototype for English iambic tetrameter verse: Evidence from Chaucer's octosyllabic lines Xingzhong Li Early English clause structure change in a stochastic optimality theory setting Brady Z. Clark The role of perceptual contrast in Verner's Law Olga Petrova Section 4: Dialectology Introduction: Dialectology Anne Curzan and Kimberly Emmons Historical perspectives on the pen/pin merger in Southern American English Michael Montgomery and Connie Eble Digging up the roots of Southern American English: On Michael Montgomery and Connie Eble's "Historical perspectives on the pen/pin merger in Southern American English" Guy Bailey A brief response Michael Montgomery and Connie Eble Vowel merger in west central Indiana: A naughty, knotty problem Betty S. Phillips The spread of negative contraction in early English Richard M. Hogg Lingfield(s): Historical Linguistics Subject Language(s): English (Language Code: ENG) Written In: English (Language Code: English) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=9770Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue