Otto Jespersen and the Uses of one

• 영문명: Otto Jespersen and the Uses of one
• 발행기관: 한국영어학학회
• 저자명: Matti Rissanen
• 간행물 정보: 『영어학연구』영어학연구 제18호, 243~257쪽, 전체 15쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.12.01

영문 초록

In his Modern English Grammar Jespersen gives a thorough description of the varying uses of the prop-word one, which he defines in the following way "One is termed a prop-word when it has the important function of serving as primary on which to hang a secondary which, for some reason or other, cannot very well or conveniently stand alone as a primary" The secondary is most often an adjective, but it may also be a pronoun, a prepositional group or a relative clause, and it may either precede or follow one Jespersen also discusses the uses of one as a pronoun indicating generic person and as a pronoun of "indefinite unity" In my paper I will outline the Middle and Early Modem English development of the pronominal uses of one, with reference to Jespersen's observations on the prop-word The Old English individualizing and intensifying uses which seem to Conn a starting-paint for the development of the pronoun are also referred to The pronominal uses are divided into six groups (1) personal-specific, (2) With indefinite pronouns, (3) substitutive, (4) personal-non-specific, (5) personal-generic, and (6) prop-word This classification is intended to illustrate the gradual grammaticalisation and mutual relationship of the types of the pronominal one As Jespersen was not particularly interested in the Middle English uses of the syntactic types, some of his chronological statements can be corrected His insightfulness and mastery of textual evidence is, however, most praiseworthy and useful even for the scholars of the new millennium.

목차

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Old English Background

3. Middle English Pronominalization

4. Final Remarks

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