Research Catalog

Title

The non-surviving preterite-present verbs in English : the demise of *dugan, munan, *-nugan, *þurfan, and unnan / Anna Wojtyś.

Author

Wojtys, Anna

Publication

• Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Description

258 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

Based on four historical corpora, the book is a comprehensive study of the demise of five preterite-present verbs in English. It offers a detailed description of their distribution in Old and Middle English. The subsequent comparison of the forms and uses of the preterite-presents in the two periods allows the author to suggest the reasons for their elimination from the language. The discussion focuses on phonological and morphological changes the verbs underwent as well as on the syntactic structures they appeared in. Yet, the study does not ignore factors of extra-linguistic nature such as genres in which the verbs were frequently found and the potential rivalry with other items of native and foreign origin.

Series Statement

Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature ; vol. 51

Uniform Title

Studies in English medieval language and literature ; Bd. 51.

Subject

• English language > History
• English language > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Verb
• English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Verb
• Grammar, Comparative and general > Morphology
• Language obsolescence
• Corpora (Linguistics)
• Historical linguistics
• historical linguistics
• 18.04 English language
• English language
• English language > Middle English > Verb
• English language > Old English > Verb

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Abbreviations -- List of tables -- Preface -- Introduction : preterite-present verbs -- Preliminary remarks -- Preterite-present verbs -- Non-surviving preterite-present verbs in English -- Present study -- Scope -- Aims -- Database -- Editorial conventions -- Literature on preterite-present verbs -- Preterite-presents in Indo-European and Germanic -- Introduction -- Proto-Germanic -- Old Germanic languages -- Later fates of preterite-presents -- Preterite-presents in Germanic languages : similarities and differences -- Modality -- *-Nugan and *dugan -- Preliminary remarks -- *-Nugan : an introduction -- Origin and classification -- *-Nugan in English -- Old English data -- *-Nugan : conclusions -- *Dugan : an introduction -- Origin and classification -- *Dugan in English -- Old English uses -- Morphological issues -- Contexts of use -- Meaning and synonyms -- Middle English uses -- Morphological issues -- Contexts of use -- Meaning and synonyms -- *Dugan : conclusions -- Unnart -- Preliminary remarks -- Unnan : an introduction -- Origin and classification -- Unnan in English -- Old English uses -- Morphological issues -- Contexts of use -- Meaning and synonyms -- Middle English uses -- Morphological issues -- Contexts of use -- Meaning and synonyms -- Unnan : conclusions -- *Purfan -- Preliminary remarks -- *Purfan : an introduction -- Origin and classification -- *Purfan in English -- Old English uses -- Morphological issues -- Contexts of use -- Meaning and synonyms -- Middle English uses -- Morphological issues -- Contexts of use -- Meaning and synonyms -- *Purfan : conclusions -- Munan -- Preliminary remarks -- Munan : an introduction -- Origin and classification -- Munan in English -- Old English uses -- Morphological issues -- Contexts of use -- Meaning and synonyms -- English uses -- Morphological issues -- Contexts of use -- Meaning and synonyms -- Munan : conclusions -- Conclusions -- References -- Index of subjects.

ISBN

• 9783631729502
• 3631729502
• 9783631729618 (canceled/invalid)
• 9783631729625 (canceled/invalid)
• 9783631729632 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017026535

OCLC

• on1003207314
• 1003207314
• SCSB-9051286

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library