{"product_id":"9783906765990","title":"System Collapse. System Rebirth: The Demonstrative Pronouns of English 900-1350 and the Birth of the Definite Article","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn conventional histories of English, the development of a discrete definite article in the late Old English and early Middle English periods has been barely touched upon. On many occasions \u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003ehas been seen as an introduction from outside the native grammatical system; why such an introduction should have been felt necessary has rarely been discussed, however. \u003cbr\u003e The author of this study addresses this problem, focusing on the following issues: \u003cbr\u003e – the breakdown of inflectional morphology in the paradigms of the demonstrative pronouns: \u003ci\u003eambiguity in ending\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e – the breakdown of grammatically significant root vowel distinctions in the paradigms of the demonstrative pronouns: \u003ci\u003eambiguity in form\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e – the development of an absolute formal distinction between \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ethat: paradigm fissure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e – whether any or all of these developments have been caused, or encouraged, by contact between Old English and Old Norse\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053040058608,"sku":"9783906765990","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783906765990_p0.jpg?v=1763702857","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783906765990","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}