Topicalization and Stress Clash Avoidance in the History of English

Topicalization and Stress Clash Avoidance in the History of English The use of object topicalization declined in Middle and Early Modern English because with the loss of V2, topicalization easily led to prosodically ill-formed sentences with focal accents in clash. This book discusses the effects of this Clash Avoidance Requirement in English and German as well as in Old English. Autor: Augustin Speyer Wydawnictwo: De Gruyter Rok wydania: 2010 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 295 Wymiary: 15.5 x 23 x 1.8 cm Ilustracje: 64 Tables, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and white Język: angielski ISBN: 9783110220230