Topicalization And Stress Clash Avoidance In The History Of English (Topics In English Linguistics)

by Augustin Speyer

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The use of object topicalization declined in Middle and Early Modern English because with the loss of V2, topicalization easily led to prosodically ill-formed sentences with focal accents in clash. The book presents and discusses the effects of this Clash Avoidance Requirement in present-day English and German as well as in Old English, where it plays a crucial role in sub...more

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