Discontinuous quantificational structures in Old English
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Artur Bartnik
Abstract
The paper deals with discontinuous quantificational structures in Old English. It concludes that quantificational constructions in Old English are heterogeneous because they can result from movement, that is separation of the quantifier and the rest of the phrase, or base-generation when the separated nominal elements are generated in places in which they occur. Essentially, structures which display full morphological agreement result from movement. The movement types included in the paper are topicalization, scrambling, extraposition and NP (Noun Phrase) shift. By contrast, base-generated constructions do not show morphological agreement. Quantifiers in such structures are adverbial in nature.
Abstract
The paper deals with discontinuous quantificational structures in Old English. It concludes that quantificational constructions in Old English are heterogeneous because they can result from movement, that is separation of the quantifier and the rest of the phrase, or base-generation when the separated nominal elements are generated in places in which they occur. Essentially, structures which display full morphological agreement result from movement. The movement types included in the paper are topicalization, scrambling, extraposition and NP (Noun Phrase) shift. By contrast, base-generated constructions do not show morphological agreement. Quantifiers in such structures are adverbial in nature.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
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part iVerbal constructions
- “Þonne hate we hine morgensteorra” 11
- Tracking and explaining variation and change in the grammar of American English 29
- Prevent and the battle of the - ing clauses 45
- Prescription or practice? 63
- On the idiomatization of “ give + O + to ” constructions 79
- The clausal complementation of good in extraposition constructions 95
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part iiModality and (marginal) modals
- The ‘ fail to ’ construction in Late Modern and Present-Day English 123
- The interplay of modal verbs and adverbs 143
- Current change in the modal system of English 165
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part iiiDevelopments in the English noun phrase
- Discontinuous quantificational structures in Old English 185
- Genitive variation in letters, history writing and sermons in Late Middle and Early Modern English 197
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part ivSyntactic variation and change through contact
- On the use of beon and wesan in Old English 217
- The reflexes of OE beon as a marker of futurity in early Middle English 237
- Stylistic fronting in the history of English 255
- Subject and Word index 279
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
-
part iVerbal constructions
- “Þonne hate we hine morgensteorra” 11
- Tracking and explaining variation and change in the grammar of American English 29
- Prevent and the battle of the - ing clauses 45
- Prescription or practice? 63
- On the idiomatization of “ give + O + to ” constructions 79
- The clausal complementation of good in extraposition constructions 95
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part iiModality and (marginal) modals
- The ‘ fail to ’ construction in Late Modern and Present-Day English 123
- The interplay of modal verbs and adverbs 143
- Current change in the modal system of English 165
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part iiiDevelopments in the English noun phrase
- Discontinuous quantificational structures in Old English 185
- Genitive variation in letters, history writing and sermons in Late Middle and Early Modern English 197
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part ivSyntactic variation and change through contact
- On the use of beon and wesan in Old English 217
- The reflexes of OE beon as a marker of futurity in early Middle English 237
- Stylistic fronting in the history of English 255
- Subject and Word index 279
