Stephen Laker

List of John Benjamins publications for which Stephen Laker plays a role.

Journal

ISSN 0108-8416 | E-ISSN 2212-9715

Book series

Titles

Historical Germanic morphosyntax

Edited by Stephen Laker and John Ole Askedal

Special issue of NOWELE 74:2 (2021) v, 155 pp.
Subjects Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics

Early history of the North Sea Germanic languages

Edited by Stephen Laker and Hans Frede Nielsen †

Special issue of NOWELE 74:1 (2021) v, 151 pp.
Subjects Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics

Articles

Laker, Stephen und Pyt Kramer 2022 Der an’t -Progressiv im SaterfriesischenFrom West to North Frisia: A Journey along the North Sea Coast, Walker, Alastair, Eric Hoekstra, Goffe Jensma, Wendy Vanselow, Willem Visser and Christoph Winter (eds.), pp. 197–216 | Chapter
Progressive constructions have been studied across a range of West Germanic languages but not yet in Saterland Frisian. Over five-hundred sentences of the an’t-progressive, collected from Saterland Frisian spoken and written materials, form the core of this study. Based on the surveyed material,… read more
Laker, Stephen 2021 Palatalization and assibilation of /k/ in English and Scottish place-namesEarly history of the North Sea Germanic languages, Laker, Stephen and Hans Frede Nielsen † (eds.), pp. 80–115 | Article
There are very few place-names with initial Ch- [tʃ-] in Scotland, Northern England and much of the East Midlands. Names that do exist are almost exclusively late formations and usually consist of French rather than Old English place-name elements. This article investigates the reasons why… read more