An Historical Syntax of the English Language: Volume I: Syntactical Units with One Verb

Visser, F.Th.

ISBN 10: 9004537031 / ISBN 13: 9789004537033

Published by Brill, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Historical Syntax of the English Language: Volume I: Syntactical Units with One Verb
• Publisher: Brill
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004537031
• ISBN 13: 9789004537033
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Frederik Theodor Visser’s An Historical Syntax of the English Language, published in four massive volumes between 1963 and 1973, is certainly one of the cornerstones of research in English linguistics. Visser’s achievements can hardly be overestimated. Before the advent of modern corpus linguistics, he compiled a remarkable wealth of detailed philological data from all periods of English and combined this with current grammatical analyses of his time. This has made this publications an indispensable resource for anyone investigating the history of English syntax.

This reproduction of Visser’s volumes is more than welcome, and timely, as the volumes have been out of print for quite some time and were sometimes a little bit difficult to navigate. Having a searchable and easy-to-use online version, although maybe not perfect, available now means a revival for scholarship that celebrates its fiftieth birthday without losing any of its relevance.