Information-structural impact on adverbial only evolution in the Middle English language
- The article, dedicated to adverbial only rise and the advancement in Middle English (ME), develops an information- structural hypothesis as the key factor of its evolution. The research focuses on two adverbials ane and only investigated in various ME historical periods, undergoing significant changes over time. It proves the aforesaid adverbials to be Focus marking components, reanalyzing from numeral ane into adverbial only in the XIII cen. The data analysis based on Rizzi’s formula and Prince’s taxonomy allows to elicit adverbial only evolutionary pattern, determine ratio of different Focus type marking, as well as, discourse status representation.
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| Author: | Olena AndrushenkoORCiDGND |
|---|---|
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-1095879 |
| Frontdoor URL | https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/109587 |
| URL: | https://seanewdim.com/published-issues/philology/i116/ |
| ISSN: | 2308-1996OPAC |
| Parent Title (English): | Science and Education a New Dimension: Philology |
| Publisher: | Diana Barkáts |
| Place of publication: | Gödöllő |
| Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2017 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universität Augsburg |
| Release Date: | 2023/11/29 |
| Volume: | V(29) |
| Issue: | 116 |
| First Page: | 10 |
| Last Page: | 14 |
| Institutes: | Philologisch-Historische Fakultät |
| Philologisch-Historische Fakultät / Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Philologisch-Historische Fakultät / Anglistik / Amerikanistik / Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 42 Englisch, Altenglisch / 420 Englisch, Altenglisch |
| Licence (German): |  CC-BY 4.0: Creative Commons: Namensnennung (mit Print on Demand) |
