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Language: en
Pages: 375
Authors: Carola Trips
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-12-13 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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This monograph answers the question of why English changed from an OV to a VO language on the assumption that this change is due to intensive language contact w
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Language: en
Pages: 382
Authors: Carola Trips
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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Discusses syntax and word order changes in Middle English dialects, with an emphasis on the shift from sentences where the object precedes the verb to those whe
An Introduction to Middle English
Language: en
Pages: 534
Authors: R.D. Fulk
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-17 - Publisher: Broadview Press

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An Introduction to Middle English combines an elementary grammar of the English language from about 1100 to about 1500 with a selection of texts for reading, ra
The syntax of early English
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Olga Fischer
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book is a guide to the development of English syntax between the Old and Modern periods. Beginning with an overview of the main features of early English s
The Handbook of the History of English
Language: en
Pages: 678
Authors: Ans van Kemenade
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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The Handbook of the History of English is a collection of articles written by leading specialists in the field that focus on the theoretical issues behind the f