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9780582291393

English Historical Syntax

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  • ISBN13:

    9780582291393

  • ISBN10:

    0582291399

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 1993-07-05
  • Publisher: Routledge

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This study brings together many of the resources needed for the exploration of English historical syntax and deals with many of the important changes in English sentence structure from Old English to present. It also features a survey of published research from both classical and modern linguistic traditions, as well as new research by the author. Provides guidance on methodology, important reference materials, and the general history of the English language.

Table of Contents

Preface
Groundwork
Introduction
Background
Nominal Morphology
Word Order
Word Order
Subject and Verb Phrase
Impersonals
Dative Movement and the Indirect Passive
Complex Complementation
VOSI and V+I (control verbs)
Subject raising
Auxiliaries
Origins of Periphrastic DO
Modals and Related Auxiliaries
Perfect
Progressive
Passive
Multiple auxiliaries, regulation of DO
Bibliography and Indexes Abbreviations
Glossary of technical terms
Secondary sources
Primary sources
Index of verbs in examples
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