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Reflexivity and Intensification in English: A Study of Texts and Contexts

by Konrad Ehlich , Claudia Lange
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9783631543573
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
  • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
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  • Pages: 208
  • Original Price: GBP 55.2
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 268 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): English as a Second Language

Present-Day English is unique among the Germanic languages in employing the same forms (himself, herself etc.) both as reflexive pronoun and intensifier. While a lot of attention has been directed at the grammaticalization of the compound reflexive, the emergence of the compound intensifier has remained largely mysterious. This study is a detailed investigation of the domains of reflexivity and intensification throughout the history of English. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the possible source contexts for SELF-forms in Old and Middle English. Backed up with a wide range of data from early Middle English, the compound intensifier is traced to discourse-pragmatic motivations: expressive strategies linked to specific discourse traditions become rapidly grammaticalized once the former Old English standard gave way to large-scale variation in Middle English.

The Author: Claudia Lange studied Linguistics at the Freie Universität Berlin and at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is currently working as a lecturer in Linguistics at the Technische Universität Dresden.

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