English underwent sweeping changes to its inflectional system in the Middle English period and it is widely assumed that the loss of case-marking distinctions had profound consequences for the syntax of the language. Allen here makes a detailed study of these changes, questioning the results of previous analyses which, she argues, posit too direct a link between the morphological and syntactic changes.
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ISBN | 9780198238676 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | OUP Oxford |
Jahr | 19990408 |
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