Complex systems and the history of the English language

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Evidence and method in the historical study of English 1
4. Part I. Corpora, Evidence, Method
5. The development of free adjuncts in English and Dutch 15
6. Semantic dependencies and the history of ellipsis alternation 51
7. The phrasal verb in American English: Using corpora to track down historical trends in particle distribution, register variation, and noun collocations 71
8. On the grammaticalization of the thing is and related issues in the history of American English 99
9. Alfredian īo ~ ēo, reluctant function words, and Schriftbilder 123
10. Part II. Reconfiguring History: Overlooked Evidence of English
11. Metrical resolution, spelling, and the reconstruction of Old English syllabification 137
12. The shortest history of vowel lengthening in English 161
13. Vowel system restructuring in the West Midlands of England 183
14. Style and politics in The Battle of Brunanburh and The Battle of Maldon 201
15. Trinitarian terminology in Old English liturgical creeds 219
16. Part III. Emerging Paradigms: New Methods, New Evidence
17. Ælc þara þe þas min word gehierþ and þa wyrcþ ... : Psycholinguistic perspectives on early Englishes 249
18. Complex systems and the history of the English language 277
19. An ideological history of the English term onomatopoeia 307
20. Name index 323
21. Subject index 332