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Publication details [#9508]

Traugott, Elizabeth Closs. 1972. A history of English syntax: A transformational approach to the history of English sentence structure. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. viii + 216 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
speech act classification | syntactic change
Language as a subject
English

Annotation

T. makes use of a simplified taxonomy of speech acts in her sketch of the history of English syntax.

Reviewed by

Carkeet, David. 1974. Review of $A history of English syntax: A transformational approach to the history of English sentence structure.
Kreidler, Charles W. 1975. Review of $A history of English syntax: A transformational approach to the history of English sentence structure.