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The consolidation of <i>þat</i> as an invariable relativizer in the history of English<sup>1</sup>

Author(s) -

C Dainaze Calvente Suarez

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

nordic journal of english studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.18

H-Index - 8

eISSN - 1654-6970

pISSN - 1502-7694

DOI - 10.35360/njes.256

Subject(s) - consolidation (business) , english language , political science , economic history , linguistics , media studies , history , sociology , philosophy , economics , accounting

Two different invariable relative markers were in use in early English, þe and þat/that . This paper aims to answer the question of how and why þat replaced þe as an invariable relativizer in Middle English. To this end I analyse the distribution of invariable relativizers in the relevant periods of the English language (from Old English to late Middle English) as represented in The Helsinki Corpus of English Texts .

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