Split coordination in English:  Why we need parsed corpora

Ann Deborah Taylor; Susan Pintzuk

doi:10.1075/dia.00005.tay

Split coordination in English: Why we need parsed corpora

Ann Deborah Taylor, Susan Pintzuk

Language and Linguistic Science

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Abstract

In this article we provide a practical demonstration of how syntactically annotated corpora can be used to investigate research questions with a diachronic depth and synchronic breadth that would not otherwise be possible. The phenomenon under investigation, split coordination, affects every type of coordinated constituent (subject/object DPs, predicate and attributive ADJPs, ADVPs, PPs, and DP objects of P) in Old English; and it, or a superficially similar construction, occurs continuously throughout the attested period from approx. 800 to the present day. We bring to bear different types of evidence to argue that split coordination in fact represents two different constructions, one of which remains stable over time while the other is lost in the post-Middle English period.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	310-337
Journal	Diachronica. International Journal for Historical Linguistics
Volume	35
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.00005.tay
Publication status	Published - 5 Nov 2018

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