English in Transition: Corpus-Based Studies in Linguistic Variation and Genre Styles (Topics in English Linguistics, 23) (Topics in English Linguistics)

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies, which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics. For further publications in English linguistics see also our Dialects of English book series. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher. Introduction / Matti Rissanen, Matti Kilpio And Merja Kyto [and Others] -- Be/have + Past Participle: The Choice Of The Auxiliary With Intransitives From Late Middle To Modern English / Merja Kyto -- On The Forms And Functions Of The Verb Be From Old To Modern English / Matti Kilpio -- Re-phrasing In Early English: The Use Of Expository Apposition With An Explicit Marker From 1350 To 1710 / Paivi Pahta And Saara Nevanlinna -- Genre Conventions: Personal Affect In Fiction And Non-fiction In Early Modern English / Irma Taavitsainen -- Towards Reconstructing A Grammar Of Point Of View: Textual Roles Of Adjectives And Open-class Adverbs In Early Modern English / Anneli Meurman-solin. Edited By Matti Rissanen, Merja Kytö, Kirsi Heikkonen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [345]-363) And Index. Introduction Be/have + past participle: The choice of the auxiliary with intransitives from Late Middle to Modern English On the forms and functions of the verb be from Old to Modern English Re-phrasing in Early English: The use of expository apposition with an explicit marker from 1350 to 1710 Genre conventions: Personal affect in fiction and non-fiction in Early Modern English Towards reconstructing a grammar of point of view: Textual roles of adjectives and open-class adverbs in Early Modern English Bibliography Index of subjects

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

Focusing on variation and genre styles within the empirical framework, the five studies included in this volume aim to provide insights into: the development of verb constructions with "be" and "have"; expository apposition: and genre-specific features of expressions of affect and attitude in text. The last two decades have seen a rapid increase and methodological development in the studies of variation in language.