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From regularity to anomaly
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This book discusses the removal of i-umlaut alternations from the inflectional system of Middle English. After presenting the scope and nature of the process in Germanic languages, it offers a detailed investigation into its lexicalisation in main dialects of Middle English. The observed developments are viewed as an interplay of four main factors: the degree of optimal patterning, type frequency, language contact and paradigmatic pressure.
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From regularity to anomaly, Marcin Krygier
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- 1997
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- Title
- From regularity to anomaly
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Marcin Krygier
- Publisher
- Lang
- Released
- 1997
- ISBN10
- 3631324294
- ISBN13
- 9783631324295
- Series
- University of Bamberg studies in English linguistics
- Category
- World prose
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- This book discusses the removal of i-umlaut alternations from the inflectional system of Middle English. After presenting the scope and nature of the process in Germanic languages, it offers a detailed investigation into its lexicalisation in main dialects of Middle English. The observed developments are viewed as an interplay of four main factors: the degree of optimal patterning, type frequency, language contact and paradigmatic pressure.