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2. Topicalization in Middle and Modern English – A prosodically induced change in syntactic usage

  • Augustin Speyer
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Topicalization and Stress Clash Avoidance in the History of English
This chapter is in the book Topicalization and Stress Clash Avoidance in the History of English

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. 1. Introduction 1
  4. 2. Topicalization in Middle and Modern English – A prosodically induced change in syntactic usage 24
  5. 3. The Clash Avoidance Requirement in Modern English and German 80
  6. 4. Phonological Aspects of the Clash Avoidance Requirement 132
  7. 5. Topicalization and the Clash Avoidance Requirement in Old English 177
  8. 6. Concluding remarks 234
  9. Backmatter 237
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110220247.24

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. 1. Introduction 1
  4. 2. Topicalization in Middle and Modern English – A prosodically induced change in syntactic usage 24
  5. 3. The Clash Avoidance Requirement in Modern English and German 80
  6. 4. Phonological Aspects of the Clash Avoidance Requirement 132
  7. 5. Topicalization and the Clash Avoidance Requirement in Old English 177
  8. 6. Concluding remarks 234
  9. Backmatter 237
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