Open Access‘Hreran mid hondum hrimcealde sæ’: On verb attraction in Old English
Author(s) -
NilsLennart Johannesson
Publication year - 2016
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.358
Subject(s) - linguistics , english language , verb , field (mathematics) , english studies , order (exchange) , history , political science , sociology , philosophy , business , mathematics , finance , pure mathematics
This paper deals with a phenomenon in Old English syntax labelled ‘verb attraction’. In an Old English clause with two verbs, such as an auxiliary verb and the following non-finite verb, or an obje ...
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