Essays on the English language, medieval and modern.
Series: Indiana University studies in the history and theory of linguistics
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: English language -- Grammar.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Six essays were written with the collaboration of Sherman M. Kuhn and others.
Table of contents: title: Poetic language and Old English metre.; title: Langland's use of kind wit and inwit.; title: Vis imaginativa.; title: On the problem of inflexional juncture in Old English.; title: Some recent interpretations of Old English digraph spellings.; title: The Old English digraphs: a reply.; title: The survey of English usage.; title: Research problems and the teaching of English.; title: Relative clauses in educated spoken English.; title: From descriptive to prescriptive: an example.; title: Co-existing negative preterite forms of dare.; title: Studies in the correspondence of prosodic to grammatical features in English.; title: On scales of contrast in connected English speech.; title: Complex prepositions and related sequences.; title: Substitutions and syntactical research.; title: Descriptive statement and serial relationship.; title: Acceptability in language.