Studies in Early Modern English (Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Book 13)

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 Initial adverbials and word order in English with special reference to the Early Modern English period Are Shakespeare’s agent nouns different from Chaucer’s? – On the dynamics of a derivational sub-system The construction be going to + infinitive in Early Modern English “Sumer is icumen in”: the seasons of the year in Middle English and Early Modern English The place-name evidence for the distribution of Early Modern English dialect features: The voicing of initial /f/ Text deixis in Early Modern English On phrasal verbs in Early Modern English: Notes on lexis and style The use of thou and you in Early Modern spoken English: Evidence from depositions in the Durham ecclesiastical court records Orthoepists and reformers Vocalisation of “post-vocalic r”: an Early Modern English sound change? From stress-timing to syllable-timing: Changes in the prosodic system of Late Middle English and Early Modern English Lexical semantics and the Early Modern English lexicon: The case of antonymy Early Modern English passive constructions Infl in Early Modern English and the status of to Aspects of adverbial change in Early Modern English Periodisation in language history: Early Modern English and the other periods Degree adverbs in Early Modern English The ugly sister – Scots words in Early Modern English dictionaries The development of the compound pronouns in -body and -one in Early Modern English Social conditioning and diachronic language change The position of not in Early Modern English questions William Turner and the English plant names The history of the English language and future English teachers You that be not able to consyder thys order of things: Variability and change in the semantics and syntax of a mental verb in Early Modern English The expression of deontic and epistemic modality and the subjunctive Any as an indefinite determiner in non-assertive clauses: evidence from Present-day and Early Modern English Loss of postvocalic r: Were the orthoepists really tone-deaf? Early Modern London business English The mystery of the modal progressive Index of subjects and languages Index of names

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.