Changes in argument structure: developments in impersonal constructions since late middle English. A preliminary corpus-based study

This MA thesis is an investigation into the so-called impersonal construction (e.g. Me liketh nat to lye ‘I do not like to lie’), with a focus on the Late Middle English and Early Modern English periods. Morphosyntactically, impersonal constructions share the characteristic that they contain a finit...

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Autor: Castro Chao, Noelia
Formato: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
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spelling Changes in argument structure: developments in impersonal constructions since late middle English. A preliminary corpus-based studyCastro Chao, NoeliaMaterias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5702 Lingüística diacrónica::570201 Lingüística históricaMaterias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5705 Lingüística sincrónica::570513 Sintaxis, análisis sintácticoMaterias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5701 Lingüística aplicada::570104 Lingüística informatizadaThis MA thesis is an investigation into the so-called impersonal construction (e.g. Me liketh nat to lye ‘I do not like to lie’), with a focus on the Late Middle English and Early Modern English periods. Morphosyntactically, impersonal constructions share the characteristic that they contain a finite verb inflected for the third person singular, but lack a subject marked for the nominative case controlling verbal agreement. In English, the impersonal construction has been lost, being replaced by personal patterns (e.g. ME hym nedde ‘[there] was need [to] them’ > ModE they needed) or by syntactic patterns with an expletive non-referential subject (‘dummy it’): OE sniwde ‘snowed’ > ModE it snowed, among others. The purpose of the thesis is: 1) to examine the frequency of the different syntactic patterns that came to replace the impersonal construction in the period of time from Late Middle English onwards; 2) to look into the different stylistic and discoursive factors involved in the change, as well as into the pace of the process of replacement; and 3) to explore the hypothesis posited in recent research on impersonals that the loss of the impersonal construction is connected with a large-scale readjustment of the taxonomy of transitive constructions. To achieve these goals, a corpus-based study was carried out, focusing on a selection of formerly impersonal verbs comprised in the semantic domain of emotion.Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Filoloxía Inglesa e AlemáFanego Lema, Teresa20152015-01-0120152015-01-01master thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10347/15140reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/151402026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Changes in argument structure: developments in impersonal constructions since late middle English. A preliminary corpus-based study
title Changes in argument structure: developments in impersonal constructions since late middle English. A preliminary corpus-based study
spellingShingle Changes in argument structure: developments in impersonal constructions since late middle English. A preliminary corpus-based study
Castro Chao, Noelia
Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5702 Lingüística diacrónica::570201 Lingüística histórica
Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5705 Lingüística sincrónica::570513 Sintaxis, análisis sintáctico
Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5701 Lingüística aplicada::570104 Lingüística informatizada
title_short Changes in argument structure: developments in impersonal constructions since late middle English. A preliminary corpus-based study
title_full Changes in argument structure: developments in impersonal constructions since late middle English. A preliminary corpus-based study
title_fullStr Changes in argument structure: developments in impersonal constructions since late middle English. A preliminary corpus-based study
title_full_unstemmed Changes in argument structure: developments in impersonal constructions since late middle English. A preliminary corpus-based study
title_sort Changes in argument structure: developments in impersonal constructions since late middle English. A preliminary corpus-based study
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Castro Chao, Noelia
author Castro Chao, Noelia
author_facet Castro Chao, Noelia
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Filoloxía Inglesa e Alemá
Fanego Lema, Teresa
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5702 Lingüística diacrónica::570201 Lingüística histórica
Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5705 Lingüística sincrónica::570513 Sintaxis, análisis sintáctico
Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5701 Lingüística aplicada::570104 Lingüística informatizada
topic Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5702 Lingüística diacrónica::570201 Lingüística histórica
Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5705 Lingüística sincrónica::570513 Sintaxis, análisis sintáctico
Materias::Investigación::57 Lingüística::5701 Lingüística aplicada::570104 Lingüística informatizada
description This MA thesis is an investigation into the so-called impersonal construction (e.g. Me liketh nat to lye ‘I do not like to lie’), with a focus on the Late Middle English and Early Modern English periods. Morphosyntactically, impersonal constructions share the characteristic that they contain a finite verb inflected for the third person singular, but lack a subject marked for the nominative case controlling verbal agreement. In English, the impersonal construction has been lost, being replaced by personal patterns (e.g. ME hym nedde ‘[there] was need [to] them’ > ModE they needed) or by syntactic patterns with an expletive non-referential subject (‘dummy it’): OE sniwde ‘snowed’ > ModE it snowed, among others. The purpose of the thesis is: 1) to examine the frequency of the different syntactic patterns that came to replace the impersonal construction in the period of time from Late Middle English onwards; 2) to look into the different stylistic and discoursive factors involved in the change, as well as into the pace of the process of replacement; and 3) to explore the hypothesis posited in recent research on impersonals that the loss of the impersonal construction is connected with a large-scale readjustment of the taxonomy of transitive constructions. To achieve these goals, a corpus-based study was carried out, focusing on a selection of formerly impersonal verbs comprised in the semantic domain of emotion.
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