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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Tutkimustuotos: Artikkeli kirjassa/raportissa/konferenssijulkaisussa › Konferenssiartikkeli › Tieteellinen

Abstrakti

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.

Alkuperäiskieli	Englanti
Otsikko	Foreign Influences on Medieval English
Toimittajat	Jacek Fisiak, Magdalena Bator
Julkaisupaikka	Frankfurt am Main
Kustantaja	Peter Lang
Sivut	139-154
Sivumäärä	15
ISBN (elektroninen)	978-3-653-00857-9
ISBN (painettu)	978-3-631-61424-2
DOI - pysyväislinkit	https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-653-00857-9
Tila	Julkaistu - 6 tammik. 2011
OKM-julkaisutyyppi	B3 Ei-soviteltu artikkeli konferenssin julkaisusarjassa

Julkaisusarja

Nimi	Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature
Kustantaja	Peter Lang

Pääsy asiakirjaan

10.3726/978-3-653-00857-9Lisenssi: Publisher rights policy

2 Päättynyt

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

1 Konferenssiesitelmä

the International Conference on Foreign Influences on Medieval English
Izabela Czerniak (Puhuja)
12 jouluk. 2009 → 13 jouluk. 2009
Aktiviteetti: Puhe tai esitys › Konferenssiesitelmä

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
Izabela Czerniak (Osallistujat)
Vaikutus: Muut vaikutukset

Viittausmuodot

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

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

Abstrakti

Julkaisusarja

Pääsy asiakirjaan

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Projektit

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

LANGNET: the LANGNET network

Aktiviteetit

the International Conference on Foreign Influences on Medieval English

Vaikutukset

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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