David Lee Denison

Generative Theory and Corpus Studies: A Dialogue from 10 Icehl (Topics in English Linguistics, No 31)

This volume focuses on the present state of English historical linguistics as a unitary discipline. In particular, the selection of papers challenges the idea that the community of linguists working on the history of English stands united merely by subject matter, but divided by method and theoretic...

Morphosyntactic Categories and the Expression of Possession (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today)

The analysis of constructions denoting possession (particularly, but not exclusively, in English) has long presented a challenge to morpho-syntactic theory and has been a topic of debate for some time. The papers presented here afford thought-provoking insights into the morphosyntactic nature of pos...

Fish Stories and Tall Tales

A former advertising man and Navy veteran, David Denison taps his experiences in a series of vignettes set in a wide variety of locales: from a Navy training ship in Key West towards the close of World War II, to a train en route from Manhattan to Cape Cod, to a swordfishing expedition several hours...

Fuzzy Grammar: A Reader

This book brings together classic and recent papers in the philosophical and linguistic analysis of fuzzy grammar, of gradience in meaning, word classes, and syntax. Issues such as how many grains make a heap, when a puddle becomes a pond, and so forth, have occupied thinkers since Aristotle and ove...

Analysing Older English (Studies in English Language)

Is historical linguistics different in principle from other linguistic research? This book addresses problems encountered in gathering and analysing data from early English, including the incomplete nature of the evidence and the dangers of misinterpretation or over-interpretation. Even so, gaps in ...

A History of the English Language

The history and development of English, from the earliest known writings to its status today as a dominant world language, is a subject of major importance to linguists and historians. In this book, a team of international experts cover the entire recorded history of the English language, outlining ...

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Fuzzy Grammar

A History of the English Language