Middle English Verbs of Emotion and Impersonal Constructions
Subtitle: Verb Meaning and Syntax in Diachrony
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Dec 01, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780199947157
Description: Impersonal constructions in the history of English form a puzzling category, in that there has been uncertainty as to why some verbs are attested in such constructions while others are not, even though they look almost synonymous. This book tackles this under-discussed question in one of the most popular topics of English historical syntax, with special reference to verbs of emotion in Middle English.
Notes: Source title: Middle English Verbs of Emotion and Impersonal Constructions: Verb Meaning and Syntax in Diachrony (Oxford Studies in the History of English)