LINGUIST List 20.932: English Language and Linguistics 13/1 (2009)

LINGUIST List 20.932

Tue Mar 17 2009

TOC: English Language and Linguistics 13/1 (2009)

Editor for this issue: Susanne Vejdemo <susannelinguistlist.org>

1. Daniel Davies, English Language and Linguistics Vol 13, No 1 (2009)

Message 1: English Language and Linguistics Vol 13, No 1 (2009)
Date: 10-Mar-2009
From: Daniel Davies <ddaviescambridge.org>
Subject: English Language and Linguistics Vol 13, No 1 (2009)
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
http://us.cambridge.org

Journal Title: English Language and Linguistics Volume Number: 13 Issue Number: 1 Issue Date: 2009

Main Text:

ELL volume 13 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

ELL volume 13 issue 1 Cover and Back matter

Research Articles:

Shape-shifting, sound-change and the genesis of prodigal writing systemsMargaret Laing, Roger Lass

Exploring the role of token frequency in phonological change: evidence fromTH-Fronting in east-central ScotlandLynn Clark, Graeme Trousdale

On the syntactic differences between OE dialects: evidence from the GospelsCristina Suárez-Gómez

Structural persistence: a case based on the grammaticalization of Englishadjectives of differenceTine Breban

The consequences of the loss of verb-second in English: information structureand syntax in interactionBettelou Los Radboud

Squib:

Are clefts contagious in conversation?Andreea Calude, Steven Miller

Reviews:

Merja Kytö, Mats Rydén and Erik Smitterberg (eds.), Nineteenth-century English:Stability and change (Studies in English Language). Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press, 2006. Pp. x + 295. ISBN 0-521-86106-3Thomas Kohnen

Thomas Egan, Non-finite complementation: A usage-based study of infinitive and-ing clauses in English. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi. 2008. Pp. xi + 432.ISBN 978-420-2359-8Juhani Rudanko

Laurel J. Brinton and Leslie K. Arnovick, The English language: A linguistichistory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. xx + 522. ISBN 0-19-542205-8.

Elly van Gelderen, A history of the English language. Amsterdam andPhiladelphia: John Benjamins, 2006. Pp. xviii + 334. ISBN 90-272-3237-7Susan Fitzmaurice

Ursula Lenker and Anneli Meurman-Solin (eds.), Connectives in the history ofEnglish (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 283). Amsterdam: John Benjamins,2007. Pp. viii + 318. ISBN 90-272-4798-6Ekkehard König

Publications Received

Linguistic Field(s): English General Linguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng) Middle English (enm) Old English (ang)

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