Unhistorical Gender Assignment in Layamon’s «Brut» : A Case Study of a Late Stage in the Development of Grammatical Gender toward its Ultimate Loss
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Linguistic Insights
ISBN-10
3034311249
ISBN-13
9783034311243
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New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissensc
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 14th, 2012
Print length
186 Pages
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294 grams
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15.20 x 22.50 x 2.50 cms
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Historical & comparative linguisticsLiterary studies: classical, early & medieval
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This series promotes specialist language studies, both in the fields of linguistic theory and applied linguistics, by publishing volumes that focus on specific aspects of language use and provide valuable insights into language and communication research. A cross-disciplinary approach is favoured and most European languages are accepted.
This book explains how and why grammatical gender disappeared from English through a detailed analysis of unhistorical gender assignment within the noun phrase in Layamons Brut, one of the most important Early Middle English texts. Such deviations do occur capriciously but not randomly, suggesting a development of innovative functions of the attributive forms concerned.
These innovations are mainly of two types: gender-insensitive uses as a case marker and a shift from a bipartite to tripartite system of defining words, the, that, and this. The author discusses these innovations, focusing on their implications for the subsequent development and eventual loss of grammatical gender.
These innovations are mainly of two types: gender-insensitive uses as a case marker and a shift from a bipartite to tripartite system of defining words, the, that, and this. The author discusses these innovations, focusing on their implications for the subsequent development and eventual loss of grammatical gender.
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