CHAMONIKOLASOVÁ, Jana. Word order and linear modification in English. Brno Studies in English. Brno: Masaryk University, 2009, vol. 35, No 2, p. 17-28. ISSN 0524-6881.
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Original name Word order and linear modification in English
Name in Czech Slovní pořádek a lineární modifikace v angličtině
Authors CHAMONIKOLASOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Brno Studies in English, Brno, Masaryk University, 2009, 0524-6881.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL Digitální knihovna FF MU
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/09:00047661
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords (in Czech) slovní pořádek; lineární modifikace; vývoj angličtiny; funkční fětná perspektiva
Keywords in English word order; linear modification; development of English; functional sentence perspective
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Abstract
The paper examines the role of linear modification in the syntactic structure of an English sentence. Linear modification – the principle of presenting ideas in an order of gradual rise in importance – co-determines word order in all Indo-European languages, though it is less powerful in languages with fixed word order than in languages with flexible word order. The syntactic structure of an English sentence has undergone dramatic changes within the last one thousand years. The shift from flexible word order to fixed word order, which was closely related to certain phonological and morphological features of English, was accompanied by a reduction of the power of linear modification as a word-order principle. The paper illustrates this gradual loss of power of linear modification on examples of Old and Modern English texts. It also pays attention to the position of linear modification among word order principles and its position among the factors of functional sentence perspective
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MSM0021622435, plan (intention)Name: Středisko pro interdisciplinární výzkum starých jazyků a starších fází jazyků moderních
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, The Centre for the Interdisciplinary Research of Ancient Languages and Older Stages of Modern Languages
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