| Case Marking and Reanalysis: Grammatical Relations from Old to Early Modern English Revised Edition Contributor(s): Allen, Cynthia L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198238673 ISBN-13: 9780198238676 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $77.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1999 Annotation: 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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| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 425 |
| Lexile Measure: 1590 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.62 lbs) 528 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |