{"product_id":"gone-but-not-forgotten-von-elizabeth-wenthe","title":"Gone but not Forgotten","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe English lexicon has undergone dramatic changes  since the Old English period. In addition to the large  numbers of words the language has both gained and lost,  processes of word formation themselves have changed. A  comparison of the Old English and Modern English  lexicons reveals that apart from 1) those words that  survive to the present day and 2) those that have been  lost along the way, there is an important third group  of words ¿ those words that cover the middle ground  between survival and obsolescence.  This work surveys  the different ways in which words from the Old English  period maintain a less than robust existence in today¿s  language, examining the roles played by compounding,  derivation, blending, semantic change, dialectal  variation, reanalysis, and (re)borrowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783838366104\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePersistence and Revival in the History of English Word Loss\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783838366104","offer_id":39469133824093,"sku":"9783838366104","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/061c84ff-cc85-4f7d-afbc-633b7740cc9f.jpg?v=1757828639","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/gone-but-not-forgotten-von-elizabeth-wenthe","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}