Download or read book Papers from the 4th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, April 10–13, 1985 written by Roger Eaton and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These papers are a selection from papers presented at the 4th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Amsterdam, 1985). Most studies deal with some aspect of an earlier stage of English, though present day varieties of English are also under investigation. Many of the papers show that there is a growing interest in the question why a certain change has taken place. Furthermore, the volume contains a considerable number of papers on historical syntax.