Competition in Language Change: The Rise of the English Dative Alternation
(Book #103 in the Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Series)
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This book addresses one of the most pervasive questions in historical linguistics - why variation becomes stable rather than being eliminated - by revisiting the so far neglected history of the English dative alternation. The alternation between a nominal and a prepositional ditransitive pattern (John gave Mary a book vs. John gave a book to Mary) emerged in Middle English and is closely connected to broader changes at that time. Accordingly,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:3110630346
ISBN13:9783110630343
Release Date:June 2019
Publisher:de Gruyter Mouton
Length:496 Pages
Weight:2.07 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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