English Historical Linguistics 2006: Selected Papers From The Fourteenth International Conference On English Historical Linguistics (icehl 14), Bergamo, 21–25 August 2006. Volume Ii: Lexical And Semantic Change

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The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). Alongside studies of syntax, morphology, and dialectology, published in two sister volumes, many innovative contributions focused on semantics, pragmatics and register variation. A rich variety of state-of-the-art studies and plenary lectures by acknowledged world experts<span class='showMoreLessContentElement' style='display: none;'> in the field bears witness to the quality of the scholarly interest in this field of research. In all the contributions, well-established methods combine with new theoretical approac. <span class='showMoreLessControlElement showMoreLessInline'><span>Read more...