Reconsidering the role of syntactic "heaviness" in Old English split coordination

dc.contributor.author	Pérez Lorido, Rodrigo
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-23T08:40:29Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-23T08:40:29Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	The splitting of coordinate structures in Old English has traditionally been attributed to structural size or “heaviness”, assuming that long, complex coordinate constructions required increased parsing and processing effort. In addition to this, most texts on Old English syntax take for granted that the split elements always appear in clause-final position. The conclusions in this paper – drawn from the analysis of a large corpus of Old English texts – imply a radical revision of these assumptions. They suggest that the role of syntactic heaviness should be reconsidered, and its importance minimised in favour of other considerations of a pragmatic and discoursive nature. The analysis of the position of the split elements confirms that they appear in non-final position much more often than has been assumed, producing syntactic discontinuity.	pl_PL
dc.identifier.citation	Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, vol. 45.1 (2009), pp. 31-56	pl_PL
dc.identifier.issn	0081-6272
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10593/19104
dc.language.iso	eng	pl_PL
dc.publisher	Adam Mickiewicz University	pl_PL
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	pl_PL
dc.title	Reconsidering the role of syntactic "heaviness" in Old English split coordination	pl_PL
dc.type	Artykuł	pl_PL

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