Papers from the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Cambridge, 6-9 April 1987 : [dedicated to the memory of James Peter Thorne (1933-1988)

This volume is a collection of articles based on papers presented at the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics at Cambridge in 1987. It draws together important state-of-the-art' studies in the syntax, phonology, morphology and semantics of Old, Middle and Modern English by prominent figures in the field into a single volume. Core theoretical areas are well represented and there are also major papers in dialectology, stylistics, metrics, socio-historical linguistics and the history of English linguistics.The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor James P. Thorne, whose last conference paper is included in the collection. 'This volume is a collection of articles based on papers presented at the 5th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics at Cambridge in 1987. It draws together important state-of-the-art'studies in the syntax, phonology, morphology and semantics of Old, Middle and Modern English by prominent figures in the field into a single volume. Core theoretical areas are well represented and there are also major papers in dialectology, stylistics, metrics, socio-historical linguistics and the history of English linguistics.The volume is dedicated to the memory of Professor James P. Thorne, whose last conference paper is included in the collection. Contributors J. Lyons, A. Agutter, J. Algeo, L. Brinton, C. Clark, R. Coleman, X. Dekeyser, D. Denison, B. Elan Dresher, T. Frank, O. Ihalainen, D. Kastovsky, W. Koopman, R. Lass, D. Lightfoot, P. Lucas, D. Minkova, T. Nevalainen, R. Page, F. Plank, P. Poussa, G. Russom, M. Teclaw, I. Tieken, E. Traugott, W. van der Wurff, A. Warner, B. Wrvik.'