Verbs of Speaking and the Linguistic Expression of Communication in the History of English
English verbs of speaking have been affected by profound and intriguing changes, in particular between Old and Middle English. These changes crucially involve the loss of the verb cweþan and its replacement by say, which remains the most common verb of speaking to this day. The present study provides an exhaustive corpus-based, cross-period, and multi-dimensional appraisal of verbs of speaking used as part of the linguistic expression of communication in the history of English situated within a frame-semantic and constructionist framework. Moreover, it elucidates the fascinating changes affecting the verbs used to talk about communication between Old and Middle English. Also, this study sheds light on the functions of medially placed reporting clauses emerging in the Middle English period.

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Verbs of Speaking and the Linguistic Expression of Communication in the History of English
English verbs of speaking have been affected by profound and intriguing changes, in particular between Old and Middle English. These changes crucially involve the loss of the verb cweþan and its replacement by say, which remains the most common verb of speaking to this day. The present study provides an exhaustive corpus-based, cross-period, and multi-dimensional appraisal of verbs of speaking used as part of the linguistic expression of communication in the history of English situated within a frame-semantic and constructionist framework. Moreover, it elucidates the fascinating changes affecting the verbs used to talk about communication between Old and Middle English. Also, this study sheds light on the functions of medially placed reporting clauses emerging in the Middle English period.

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Verbs of Speaking and the Linguistic Expression of Communication in the History of English

Verbs of Speaking and the Linguistic Expression of Communication in the History of English

Verbs of Speaking and the Linguistic Expression of Communication in the History of English

Verbs of Speaking and the Linguistic Expression of Communication in the History of English

Overview

English verbs of speaking have been affected by profound and intriguing changes, in particular between Old and Middle English. These changes crucially involve the loss of the verb cweþan and its replacement by say, which remains the most common verb of speaking to this day. The present study provides an exhaustive corpus-based, cross-period, and multi-dimensional appraisal of verbs of speaking used as part of the linguistic expression of communication in the history of English situated within a frame-semantic and constructionist framework. Moreover, it elucidates the fascinating changes affecting the verbs used to talk about communication between Old and Middle English. Also, this study sheds light on the functions of medially placed reporting clauses emerging in the Middle English period.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783631829554
Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date: 08/18/2021
Series: MUSE: Munich Studies in English: Muenchener Schriften zur Englischen Philologie , #47
Pages: 324
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Christoph Anton Xaver Hauf completed his doctoral studies in English Linguistics and Medieval English Literature at LMU Munich. He has been working as a research assistant at the Chair of English Linguistics and Medieval Literature at LMU Munich.

Table of Contents

Elements of a communication frame – Construction grammar – The linguistic expression of communication – Frequencies and complementation patterns of cweþan, say, speak, talk, and tell in Old and Middle English – Communication construction and direct-speech construction – Structure and functions of medial reporting clauses in Middle English

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