Alternations (at) that time: NP versus PP time adjuncts in the history of English

IF 1.1 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI:10.1515/lingvan-2023-0054

Eva Zehentner

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Abstract

Abstract The present paper investigates variation between nominal and prepositional adjuncts of time as in, for example, [on] that day, they left. The main goals are (i) to assess potential changes in the distribution of these variants in the history of English, specifically from Middle English to Late Modern English (1150–1914), and (ii) to test which factors most strongly impact the choice between the two variants, with a focus on the impact of different complexity measures. To address these questions, the paper makes use of data from the Penn-Helsinki Parsed Corpora of Historical English (PPCME2; PPCEME; PPCMBE), explored by means of logistic regression modelling. The results suggest that there is no dramatic, sweeping change in this abstract alternation over time, but that this variation may mainly plays out on lower, noun-specific levels.

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当时）的交替：英语历史中的 NP 与 PP 时间副词

摘要本文研究了时间的名词性从句和介词性从句之间的变异，例如，[on] that day, they left。主要目的是：(i) 评估这些变体的分布在英语历史上的潜在变化，特别是从中古英语到晚期现代英语（1150-1914 年）；(ii) 测试哪些因素对这两种变体之间的选择影响最大，重点是不同复杂度测量的影响。为了解决这些问题，本文使用了宾夕法尼亚-赫尔辛基历史英语解析语料库（PPCME2; PPCEME; PPCMBE）的数据，并通过逻辑回归模型进行了探讨。结果表明，这种抽象交替并没有随着时间的推移而发生巨大的、全面的变化，但这种变化可能主要体现在较低的、特定名词的层面上。

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105

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