Topicalization and stress clash avoidance in the history of English / by Augustin Speyer.
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TextSeries: Topics in English linguistics ; 69.Publication details: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 286 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9783110220247
- 3110220245
- 9783110220230
- 3110220237
- English language -- Grammar, Historical
- English language -- Syntax
- English language -- Word order
- English language -- History
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General
- English language
- English language -- Grammar, Historical
- English language -- Syntax
- English language -- Word order
- Thema-Rhema-Gliederung
- Topikalisierung
- Deutsch
- Englisch
- 420/.9 22
- PE1075
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Introduction -- 2. Topicalization in Middle and Modern English-A prosodically induced change in syntactic usage -- 3. The Clash Avoidance Requirement in Modern English and German -- 4. Phonological aspects of the Clash Avoidance Requirement -- 5. Topicalization and the Clash Avoidance Requirement in Old English -- 6. Concluding remarks.
The use of object topicalization declined in Middle and Early Modern English because with the loss of V2, topicalization easily led to prosodically ill-formed sentences with focal accents in clash. The book presents and discusses the effects of this ;Clash Avoidance Requirement in present-day English and German as well as in Old English, where it plays a crucial role in subject movement.
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