Toril Swan
Biographic Data
| ID | 554132 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Toril Swan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Toril |
| FAMILY NAME | Swan |
| SIGNATURE | SWAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
English Sentence Adverbials in a Discourse and Cognitive Perspective
In an earlier work published in 1988, Toril Swan investigated the development of sentence adverbials (from lesser-scope adverbials such as manner adverbials) in the history of English, specifically in terms of their being grammaticalizations of what has been called speaker comments. The present article pursues a topic that was merely touched on in Swan's longitudinal study, namely the historical evolution of discourse and cognitive functions of s…
Metaphors of Body and Mind in the History of English
Additional informationNotes on contributorsToril SwanToril Swan is Professor at the Department of Humanities, English Linguistics, University of Tromso, Norway
Modality in Germanic Languages: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
I think - an English modal particle, Karin Aijmer Dimensions of epistemicity in English, German, and Norwegian conditionals, Oddleif Leirbukt The modal particle 'schon' - its syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, Elisabet Ormelius-Sandblom Negation and modality in the Germanic languages, Frank R. Palmer Expressive sentence types - a contradiction in terms - the case of exclamation, Inger Rosengren Subjectification and the development of epistemic me…
From Manner to Subject Modification: Adverbialization in English
The paper discusses the process of adverbialization in English, focusing on one type of adverb, subject-modifier adverbs such as sadly, thoughtfully and pinkly . It is also shown that the - ly suffix in English (unlike its cognates in the other Germanic languages) has become an extremely versatile adverb suffix. Finally, it is argued that in English, the manner adverb category is prototypical, whereas other adverb types, notably subject-modifier …
Language Change and Language Structure: Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective
Language Change and Language Structure: Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective
A note on Old English and Old Norse initial adverbials and word order with special reference to sentence adverbials
American English: A Handbook and Sociolinguistic Perspective
English Sentence Adverbials in a Discourse and Cognitive Perspective
In an earlier work published in 1988, Toril Swan investigated the development of sentence adverbials (from lesser-scope adverbials such as manner adverbials) in the history of English, specifically in terms of their being grammaticalizations of what has been called speaker comments. The present article pursues a topic that was merely touched on in Swan's longitudinal study, namely the historical evolution of discourse and cognitive functions of s…
Metaphors of Body and Mind in the History of English
Additional informationNotes on contributorsToril SwanToril Swan is Professor at the Department of Humanities, English Linguistics, University of Tromso, Norway
American English: A Handbook and Sociolinguistic Perspective
Language Change and Language Structure: Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective
A note on Old English and Old Norse initial adverbials and word order with special reference to sentence adverbials
Language Change and Language Structure: Older Germanic Languages in a Comparative Perspective
Modality in Germanic Languages: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
I think - an English modal particle, Karin Aijmer Dimensions of epistemicity in English, German, and Norwegian conditionals, Oddleif Leirbukt The modal particle 'schon' - its syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, Elisabet Ormelius-Sandblom Negation and modality in the Germanic languages, Frank R. Palmer Expressive sentence types - a contradiction in terms - the case of exclamation, Inger Rosengren Subjectification and the development of epistemic me…
From Manner to Subject Modification: Adverbialization in English
The paper discusses the process of adverbialization in English, focusing on one type of adverb, subject-modifier adverbs such as sadly, thoughtfully and pinkly . It is also shown that the - ly suffix in English (unlike its cognates in the other Germanic languages) has become an extremely versatile adverb suffix. Finally, it is argued that in English, the manner adverb category is prototypical, whereas other adverb types, notably subject-modifier …
Metaphors of Body and Mind in the History of English
Additional informationNotes on contributorsToril SwanToril Swan is Professor at the Department of Humanities, English Linguistics, University of Tromso, Norway
English Sentence Adverbials in a Discourse and Cognitive Perspective
In an earlier work published in 1988, Toril Swan investigated the development of sentence adverbials (from lesser-scope adverbials such as manner adverbials) in the history of English, specifically in terms of their being grammaticalizations of what has been called speaker comments. The present article pursues a topic that was merely touched on in Swan's longitudinal study, namely the historical evolution of discourse and cognitive functions of s…
Linguistics (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · History (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)