{"product_id":"reflexivity-and-intensification-in-english-a-study-of-texts-and-contexts-9783631543573","title":"Reflexivity and Intensification in English: A Study of Texts and Contexts","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Konrad Ehlich | Claudia Lange\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: English as a Second Language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresent-Day English is unique among the Germanic languages in employing the same forms (\u003ci\u003ehimself\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eherself\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46891437392023,"sku":"9783631543573","price":6137.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783631543573.webp?v=1770273912","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/reflexivity-and-intensification-in-english-a-study-of-texts-and-contexts-9783631543573","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}