Reflexivity and intensification in English : a study of texts and contexts
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Reflexivity and intensification in English : a study of texts and contexts
（Arbeiten zur Sprachanalyse, Bd. 46）
Peter Lang, c2007
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Includes bibliography: p. 189-202
Thesis (docroral) -- Freie Universität Berlin, 2004
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内容説明
Present-Day English is unique among the Germanic languages in employing the same forms (himself, herself 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.
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