Independent Wh-Exclamative Constructions in the History of English

This book offers the first book-length treatment of the diachronic study of English exclamatives, tracing their development from 1500 through to the 21^st century. This volume will appeal to scholars interested in diachronic linguistics, historical syntax, language variation and change, and the history of English.

Daniela Schröder received her PhD in English linguistics in 2020 after gaining her MA in American Studies, Sociology, and German Linguistics in 2013. She worked as a research associate at the University of Hamburg from 2013 to 2020 and as an English language instructor at the English Seminar of the University of Münster from 2021 to 2023. She is currently a fellow manager at the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study.