Register and the development of periphrasis in the history of English (B01)

该项目将研究英语历史上的迂回交替，以阐明具体变化的轮廓可以告诉我们关于语域知识的信息。在第一阶段，重点将放在形容词的比较级/最高级中的迂回/合成交替沿着迂回进行体。有证据表明，这两个外围词的变化形式对语域很敏感，两者的早期发展都与拉丁语和法语的影响有关。这可以为研究语域如何与接触相互作用以及变化的原因提供基础。本文将探讨以下三个问题：（1）语域对交替结构的影响能告诉我们什么关于交替结构中小说（迂回）结构的起源？(ii)登记册在触发和促成变革方面可发挥什么作用？(iii)寄存器敏感的变化告诉我们什么关于变异的知识？

The project will examine periphrastic alternations in the history of English to shed light on what the profile of specific changes can tell us about register knowledge. In the first phase the focus will be on the periphrastic/synthetic alternation in the comparative/superlative of adjectives along with the periphrastic progressive. There is evidence that the shape of variation with these two periphrases is sensitive to register, and the early development of both has been connected to the influence of Latin and French. This can provide the basis for investigating how register interacts with contact and the causes of change. The following three questions will be explored: (i) What can register effects on an alternation tell us about the origins of the novel (periphrastic) construction in the alternation? (ii) What role can register play in triggering and shaping changes? (iii) What can changes in register-sensitive alternations tell us about knowledge of variation?