Case Marking and Reanalysis: Grammatical Relations from Old to Early Modern English

by Cynthia L. Allen

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198238676
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/10/1999
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	528
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 1.07(d)
Lexile:	1590L (what's this?)

About the Author

Australian National University

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. An Overview of Old English Syntax3. Case Marking and the Experiencer Verbs in Old English4. The Syntax of the Experiencer Verbs in Old English5. The Loss of Case Marking6. The Development of the Experiencer Verbs7. Explaining the Demise of the Preposed Dative Experiencer8. Change in Passives: Single Objects9. Changes in Passives: Verbs with More than One Object-like Argument10. ConclusionAppendices1. Introduction2. An Overview of Old English Syntax3. Case Marking and the Experiencer Verbs in Old English4. The Syntax of the Experiencer Verbs in Old English5. The Loss of Case Marking6. The Development of the Experiencer Verbs7. Explaining the Demise of the Preposed Dative Experiencer8. Change in Passives: Single Objects9. Changes in Passives: Verbs with More than One Object-like Argument10. ConclusionAppendices