The Evolution of Expletives
Theoretical and diachronic perspectives
Special issue of Evolutionary Linguistic Theory 6:1/2 (2024)
Editors
[Evolutionary Linguistic Theory, 6:1/2] Expected March 2025. ca. 200 pp.
Publishing status: In production
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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The evolution of expletivesEric Fuß & Benjamin L. Sluckin | pp. 1–26 -
Time-clefts, expletives and orality in Early Icelandic saga narrativesHannah Booth | pp. 27–57
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Another adverbial expletive in German?Nicholas Catasso | pp. 58–92
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Locative-based expletives as situation proforms: Dutch er, German da and English thereJutta M. Hartmann | pp. 93–120
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Non-referential elements in the history of Low GermanSvetlana Petrova | pp. 121–157
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On the threefold typology of Scheinsubjekte : From Karl Brugmann to Cimbrian syntaxAlessandra Tomaselli & Ermenegildo Bidese | pp. 158–193
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The covert perceiver in English locative inversion: An alternative to expletive proBenjamin L. Sluckin | pp. 194–245
Introduction
Articles
Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN008000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism