Alex Ho-Cheong Leung

List of John Benjamins publications for which Alex Ho-Cheong Leung plays a role.

Title

The Noun Phrase in English: Past and present

Edited by Alex Ho-Cheong Leung and Wim van der Wurff

[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 246] 2018. v, 229 pp.
Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Articles

Ho-Cheong Leung, Alex and Wim van der Wurff 2018 Chapter 6. Anaphoric reference in Early Modern English: The case of said and sameThe Noun Phrase in English: Past and present, Ho-Cheong Leung, Alex and Wim van der Wurff (eds.), pp. 143–186 | Chapter
Work on the anaphoric NPs the said + N and the same has shown that both were frequent in sixteenth-century English but declined afterwards. We address the question why this happened. After reviewing earlier work on the two constructions, we present data showing that their properties and development… read more
Ho-Cheong Leung, Alex and Wim van der Wurff 2018 Chapter 1. Introduction to the noun phrase in English: New clues to the past and the presentThe Noun Phrase in English: Past and present, Ho-Cheong Leung, Alex and Wim van der Wurff (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Chapter