The syntax of early English /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Series: | Cambridge syntax guides
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=74324 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Language change and grammar change
- 2. An outline of Old English syntax
- 3. An outline of Middle English syntax
- 4. The Verb-Second constraint and its loss
- 5. The loss of object-verb word order
- 6. Verb-particles in Old and Middle English
- 7. Changes in infinitival constructions
- 8. The history of the 'easy-to-please' construction
- 9. Grammaticalization and grammar change.