Warner, Anthony (2007) Parameters of variation between verb-subject and subject-verb order in late Middle English. English language & linguistics. pp. 81-111. ISSN 1469-4379
Abstract
This article sets out to clarify the contribution of syntactic properties and subject weight for variation between verb-subject and subject-verb order in a database of fourteenth and fifteenth-century prose. It sets out the syntactic structures which are assumed, and investigates the impact on ordering of a set of factors, using established quantitative methodologies. A series of conclusions includes the continuing distinct status of initial then, the systematic importance of clause-final position, the different impacts of subject length in different contexts, and the presence of a definiteness effect for the late placement of a subject after a nonfinite unaccusative.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright © 2007 Cambridge University Press. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | WORD-ORDER,INVERSION |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Language and Linguistic Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jun 2008 17:50 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:04 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1360674306002127 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S1360674306002127 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:3939 |