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Reflexivity and Intensification in English: A Study of Texts and Contexts

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Present-Day English is unique among the Germanic languages in employing the same forms (himself, herself etc.) both as reflexive pronoun and intensifier. While a lot of attention has been directed at the grammaticalization of the compound reflexive, the emergence of the compound intensifier has remained largely mysterious. This study is a detailed investigation of the domains of reflexivity and intensification throughout the history of English. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the possible source contexts for Self-forms in Old and Middle English. Backed up with a wide range of data from early Middle English, the compound intensifier is traced to discourse-pragmatic motivations: expressive strategies linked to specific discourse traditions become rapidly grammaticalized once the former Old English standard gave way to large-scale variation in Middle English.

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Autorius: Dr Claudia Lange
Leidėjas: Peter Lang Publishing
Išleidimo metai: 2007
Knygos puslapių skaičius: 202
ISBN-13: 9780820477787
Formatas: Knyga minkštu viršeliu
Kalba: Anglų

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