Band 156
Unhistorical Gender Assignment in Layamon’s «Brut» A Case Study of a Late Stage in the Development of Grammatical Gender toward its Ultimate Loss
Aus der Reihe
Linguistic Insights
-
- Englisch ausgewählt
Fr. 89.90
inkl. gesetzl. MwSt.,
Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
14.09.2012
Verlag
Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic PublishersSeitenzahl
186
Maße (L/B/H)
22.5/15/1.2 cm
Gewicht
290 g
Auflage
1. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-0343-1124-3
This book explains how and why grammatical gender disappeared from English through a detailed analysis of unhistorical gender assignment within the noun phrase in Layamon’s 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.
Kundinnen und Kunden meinen
Verfassen Sie die erste Bewertung zu diesem Artikel
Helfen Sie anderen Kund*innen durch Ihre Meinung