Anglo-Scandinavian language contacts and word order shift in early English

Izabela Czerniak

doi:10.3726/978-3-653-00857-9

Anglo-Scandinavian language contacts and word order shift in early English

Izabela Czerniak

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Abstract

The current paper sheds light on one of the most significant changes in the English language occurring at the early stages of its development. An attempt will be made to trace the emergence of rigid SVO order in Early English, happening as a consequence of overt morphological simplification, which in turn was instigated by medieval Anglo-Scandinavian language contacts. The results of my searches through the prose parsed corpora of Old (YCOE1) and Middle (PPCME2) suggest a receding pattern for the SOV and an increasingly prevailing tendency towards SVO word order in the areas most open to language contact. However, some additional statistical calculations are necessary to fully account for the nature of the change.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Foreign Influences on Medieval English
Editors	Jacek Fisiak, Magdalena Bator
Place of Publication	Frankfurt am Main
Publisher	Peter Lang
Pages	139-154
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-653-00857-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-631-61424-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-00857-9
Publication status	Published - 6 Jan 2011
MoE publication type	B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings

Publication series

Name	Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature
Publisher	Peter Lang

Keywords

English language
historical syntax
corpus linguistics
language contacts
word order
Scandinavian
History of English
History
Sociolinguistics
clausal syntax

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GlobE: Global English: Typological, contact-linguistic and second-language acquisition perspectives
Czerniak, I. (Co-Investigator)
01/01/10 → 31/12/13
Project: Research Council of Finland/Other Research Councils
LANGNET: the LANGNET network
Czerniak, I. (Co-Investigator)
01/01/09 → 31/12/11
Project: Contract Research

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Anglo-Scandinavian language contacts and word order change in the Early English.
Czerniak, I. (Speaker)
12 Dec 2009 → 13 Dec 2009
Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation

Data from my research used in the internationally recognised source on external influence in Early English - Section on Old Norse influence on English morpho-syntax
Czerniak, I. (Participant)
Impact: Other impacts

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Anglo-Scandinavian language contacts and word order shift in early English. / Czerniak, Izabela.
Foreign Influences on Medieval English. ed. / Jacek Fisiak; Magdalena Bator. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2011. p. 139-154 (Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific

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Anglo-Scandinavian language contacts and word order shift in early English

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GlobE: Global English: Typological, contact-linguistic and second-language acquisition perspectives

LANGNET: the LANGNET network

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Anglo-Scandinavian language contacts and word order change in the Early English.

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Data from my research used in the internationally recognised source on external influence in Early English - Section on Old Norse influence on English morpho-syntax

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