Papers from the 4th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, 10-13 April 1985

Table of Content
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PREFACE......Page 8
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4th ICEH
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1.1. British and Indian English.
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2.0. Negation in English.
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3.2. Procedure.
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3.3. Data and analysis.
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3.4.1. Explicit negation in subordinate clauses
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3.5. Implicational scaling.
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4.0. Discussion.
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5.0. Summary and conclusion.
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REFERENCES
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RELATIVE WHICH IN LATE 18TH CENTURY USAGE: THE CLIFT FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE
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APPENDIX I
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APPENDIX 2
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REFERENCES
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'LENGTHENING OF a IN TYNESIDE ENGLISH
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REFERENCES
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1. Ellegård's account.
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2. Visser's account.
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4. A new(ish) proposal.
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5. Conclusions.
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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SYNCHRONIC VARIATION AND LINGUISTIC CHANGE: EVIDENCE FROM BRITISH ENGLISH DIALECTS
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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0. Introduction.
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1. Some Old English data.
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2. Verb Raising.
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2.2. Clitic placement.
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2.3. Word order variations.
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3. Old English infinitivals as V-raising structures.
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3.1. Clitic placement.
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3.2. Extraposition.
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4. Conclusions.
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REFERENCES
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2. The Data as Represented in Old English Handbooks.
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3. The Data Represented Synchvonically.
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4. The Relationship between Historical and Synchronic Paradigms.
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4.1.1 Giest, Cween and Gecynd.
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4.2.1 Ende and Wiite.
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4.2.2 Cynn and Bridd.
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4.2.3 Excursus on Freme.
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4.2.4 Gierd and Synn.
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4.2.5 Wine and Clyne.
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4.2.6. Bearu and Searu.
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5.2 Dene.
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5.3 Here.
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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0. Introduction.
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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THE IMPERSONAL VERB IN CONTEXT: OLD ENGLISH
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REFERENCES
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1. The Problem.
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2. The 'Atomistic' Alternative.
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3. The Chain Shift Alternative : Preliminaries.
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4. Convergence and Stabilization : The Testimony of Jeremiah Goldswain.
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5. The status of [ї].
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6. Retrospect : The State of the Shift.
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NOTES
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APPENDIX A: THE WORD-LIST
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APPENDIX B: EXTRACTS FROM GOLDSWAIN'S Chronicle
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REFERENCES
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OF RHYME AND REASON: SOME FOOT-GOVERNED QUANTITY CHANGES IN ENGLISH
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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0. Introduction.
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2. Quantitative analysis.
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3. Spoken and written language.
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4. Involvement index.
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5. Discussion.
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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REMARKS ON COMPLEMENTATION IN OLD ENGLISH
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REFERENCES
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THE INTERPRETATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF FORM ALTERNATIONS CONDITIONED ACROSS WORD BOUNDARIES.THE CASE OF WIFE'S, WIVES, AND WIVES ' 
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REFERENCES
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A NOTE ON THE VOICING OF INITIAL FRICATIVES IN MIDDLE ENGLISH
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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EXPRESSION OF EXCLUSIVENESS IN OLD ENGLISH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADVERB ONLY
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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THE GREAT SCANDINAVIAN BELT
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REFERENCES
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DISCOURSE MARKERS IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH
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TEXTS
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REFERENCES
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ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS OF THE MIDDLE ENGLISH PHENOMENON OF HIGH VOWEL LOWERING WHEN LENGTHENED IN THE OPEN SYLLABLE
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NOTES
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REFERENCES
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PRELIMINARIES TO THE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF OLD ENGLISH GLOSSES AND GLOSSARIES
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REFERENCES
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1.1 Movement rules.
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1.2 Phrase Structure Rules.
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1.3 The role of INFL.
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2.0 Word order changes.
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3.0 Predictions.
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4.0 Conclusion.
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REFERENCES
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