Rhythmic Grammar: The Influence of Rhythm on Grammatical Variation and Change in English

(Book #46 in the Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Series)

by Julia Schlüter

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This groundbreaking book highlights a phonological preference, the Principle of Rhythmic Alternation, as a factor in grammatical variation and change in English from the early modern period to the present. Though frequently overlooked in earlier research, the phonetically motivated avoidance of adjacent stresses is shown to exert an influence on a wide variety of phenomena in morphology and syntax.

Based on in-depth analyses of extensive...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:3110186071

ISBN13:9783110186079

Release Date:September 2005

Publisher:de Gruyter Mouton

Length:404 Pages

Weight:1.77 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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Foreign Language Foreign Language Learning Foreign Language Study Foreign Language Study & Reference Foreign Languages Language Arts

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Rhythmic Grammar: The Influence of Rhythm on Grammatical Variation and Change in English

(Book #46 in the Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Series)

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